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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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