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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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