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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. #¤*%=«~.¨.
,.,¨.-;$§# #§$;-.¨,.,
¨.¨,¨,~†§& for it seems like there's a new moon in &§†~,¨,¨.¨
,¨,¨¨¨.~^$ the sky. $^~.¨¨¨,¨,
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