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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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