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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 #$%†=,¨...
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