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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 ,@&¨¨&.@&.
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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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