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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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