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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, £§$-,,¨¨,¨
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¨¨¨.¨.,:-= .., ,¨ ,=:~, ., ,¨¨                      =-:,.¨.¨¨¨
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¨,.,¨,..,: my greatest treasure, the                :,..,¨,.,¨
.¨,,¨¨,¨,. book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, .,¨,¨¨,,¨.
.¨,¨.,,¨¨. calendar and timepiece as  long  as  you .¨¨,,.¨,¨.
.,,..,,,,~ know what  year it is.  every page is  a ~,,,,..,,.
,¨¨,¨¨.,»% grid  of  nine starfields,  hand  drawn, %»,.¨¨,¨¨,
,.¨,,.,=$% 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 »^¨¨¨.¨¨,.
,,¨.¨¨,^»* the sky.                                 *»^,¨¨.¨,,
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