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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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