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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.                               ¨¨.¨,¨,:»*
†^=,.¨.,,,                                          ,,,.¨.,=^†
%*\~:.¨¨., 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. ..-»;=%¤£#
@£¤§*»,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,»*§¤£@
&§%†=..,,, 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.                              .,,,.¨,¨,-
,.¨¨¨.¨,,.                                          .,,¨.¨¨¨.,
..¨..¨¨..¨ 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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