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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 ¨,,,.¨.~;%
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@£*;-,.¨,, sunset the  air comes raining  back down ,,¨.,-;*£@
¶@§†\-¨¨¨¨ and gets thick  enough  to  breathe.  it ¨¨¨¨-\†§@¶
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##@¤&==,,. the night.                               .,,==&¤@##
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£$=†,¨¨¨., take  me   seriously  and  i  fear  they ,.¨¨¨,†=$£
%*†~¨,,.,. 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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:-,¨,¨,¨.. 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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