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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 ¤$*;-,¨,¨¨
.¨.^«\^¤#¶ the  corner   have  stopped,   shouting, ¶#¤^\«^.¨.
¨,^~:%%@## pointing.                                ##@%%:~^,¨
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¨¨..¨¨.¨,: my greatest treasure, the                :,¨.¨¨..¨¨
¨.,,.,.,:~ book of stars,   is   a   combined  map, ~:,.,.,,.¨
¨..,.,.:~† calendar and timepiece  as  long as  you †~:.,.,..¨
.,.,¨,^=:* know what year it  is. every  page is  a *:=^,¨,.,.
¨,¨,,,«\%% grid of  nine  starfields,  hand  drawn, %%\«,,,¨,¨
.¨,.:~:*$# 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.                              &&†;=^,,,¨
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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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