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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.                               £@§;~-.,.,
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¨.¨¨,¨-»=* 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. ###§†-,..¨
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,^-/†@#@## however, currently  there  seems  to  be ##@#@†/-^,
¨¨,-=*&£## something going on  ahead.  those around ##£&*=-,¨¨
¨¨.^«†%¤#@ the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, @#¤%†«^.¨¨
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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 $†~,.,,¨..
.,¨.,,.~~^ grid of  nine  starfields,  hand  drawn, ^~~.,,.¨,.
,,¨....~** below which  are written coordinates  in **~....¨,,
.,,¨.-~/%& both  space  and  time. a lot  of it  is &%/~-.¨,,.
¨¨¨,,«**#¶ applicable  on earth, but  not  all.  it ¶#**«,,¨¨¨
.¨..~;*@## hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ##@*;~..¨.
.¨,»\†§£## reordered,  some   names  i  have  never ##£§†\»,¨.
,:«/%¤#### heard.    sometimes   the   dates    are ####¤%/«:,
¨,:=^*#### impossible.                              ####*^=:,¨
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.,.¨.=;*££ those pages  are exactly what i scramble ££*;=.¨.,.
¨,.,,.-:$¤ 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.                     ¶&†*~~,.,,
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,.,~:*¤£## for it seems like  there's a new moon in ##£¤*:~,.,
.,=:*#£### the sky.                                 ###£#*:=,.
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