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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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