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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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