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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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