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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 %%^~:,.¨..
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