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,¨¨...¨,¨¨ ¨¨,¨...¨¨,
¨,,,¨¨¨,¨¨ as we cross the mountain, we can walk ¨¨,¨¨¨,,,¨
,.¨..¨¨..¨ only at night. long ago, someone here ¨..¨¨..¨.,
,¨.¨¨..,¨. must've angered the sun, and today it .¨,..¨¨.¨,
....¨.¨¨., still burns us strangely. but with the ,.¨¨.¨....
,.,.,,¨.,- sunset the air comes raining back down -,.¨,,.,.,
¨¨,¨¨.,,«† and gets thick enough to breathe. it †«,,.¨¨,¨¨
,,,.,,,~;= carries with it smells from far away, =;~,,,.,,,
¨¨,,,,-=%$ colourful sparks for the imagination, a $%=-,,,,¨¨
.¨,.,=;$&§ sharp contrast for the stale black of §&$;=,.,¨.
..¨.~**¤@# the night. #@¤**~.¨..
,¨.~:^@¤## ##¤@^:~.¨,
,--\†£#£## the others think i'm young, they don't ##£#£†\--,
¨.^»==§£¶# take me seriously and i fear they #¶£§==»^.¨
.¨¨~«=*$¤@ snicker a bit. you usually get old @¤$*=«~¨¨.
..,,-»=$$¤ before you learn the trade enough to ¤$$=»-,,..
,¨¨¨¨~«=^& take other people. but i do lead them &^=«~¨¨¨¨,
,¨¨,¨.^«/^ safely forward, every night. ^/«^.¨,¨¨,
,.,,,,.~=: :=~.,,,,.,
¨¨.¨.,.,.= however, currently there seems to be =.,.,.¨.¨¨
¨.....,,¨~ something going on ahead. those around ~¨,,.....¨
,¨..,¨,.¨. the corner have stopped, shouting, .¨.,¨,..¨,
,¨.,..¨.¨, pointing. ,¨.¨..,.¨,
,,¨¨¨¨,¨.¨ ¨.¨,¨¨¨¨,,
,¨.¨.,,.¨, .¨. ., ,-\~¨ ., ¨,, ,¨.,,.¨.¨,
.¨¨,¨,,.¨, ,¨, ,. ¨«\«¨ ¨¨ ¨,¨ ,¨.,,¨,¨¨.
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,¨¨,.¨,,~~ ,.¨ ¨. ,«\-, ,. .¨, ~~,,¨.,¨¨,
,..¨.,.~«† †«~.,.¨..,
¨,.¨,¨:»;§ my greatest treasure, the §;»:¨,¨.,¨
.¨,.,~-^*$ book of stars, is a combined map, $*^-~,.,¨.
,.,,,~=*&¤ calendar and timepiece as long as you ¤&*=~,,,.,
,,.~-†=@¤@ know what year it is. every page is a @¤@=†-~.,,
¨,,«;§$§¶# grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, #¶§$§;«,,¨
,--^§%@@## below which are written coordinates in ##@@%§^--,
¨¨~-\†%#@# both space and time. a lot of it is #@#%†\-~¨¨
,¨.:=/†@@# applicable on earth, but not all. it #@@†/=:.¨,
...¨^=†^$@ hints of other places - some stars @$^†=^¨...
,¨,,¨:=/§% reordered, some names i have never %§/=:¨,,¨,
¨,¨¨.,:«;= heard. sometimes the dates are =;«:,.¨¨,¨
,.,,¨,,:~^ impossible. ^~:,,¨,,.,
¨¨,¨¨,.¨-~ ~-¨.,¨¨,¨¨
,¨,¨,,..., those pages are exactly what i scramble ,...,,¨,¨,
.¨¨.,.,.¨. for right now. i've stopped breathing. .¨.,.,.¨¨.
¨.....,,., i sling open the book of stars a bit ,.,,.....¨
.,,¨.¨..¨. too quick, spilling all my notes on the .¨..¨.¨,,.
.¨¨,,¨,.,, ground. one lands on my foot, it is a ,,.,¨,,¨¨.
.,¨,¨¨,¨,¨ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ¨,¨,¨¨,¨,.
¨.¨,....¨. care less right now. .¨....,¨.¨
.¨,,..¨¨¨. .¨¨¨..,,¨.
¨¨,,..¨,,¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨,,¨..,,¨¨
..¨¨¨¨¨¨.. the sky. ..¨¨¨¨¨¨..
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