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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, ¤†:«^,,,¨.
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,..,«/*$&# sharp contrast for the stale black of #&$*/«,..,
,¨^-\*§### 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 &*^\»,,¨.,
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¨,,.¨,:=†* 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. .,,,¨¨.¨,¨
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¨,.¨,¨.¨¨. 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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