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.~=;$@£@## as  we  cross the mountain, we can  walk ##@£@$;=~.
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,:=*†@&@@# 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 #@¶@§*\»..
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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 ##$\-==-,.
.^:---$¤$# the  corner   have  stopped,   shouting, #$¤$---:^.
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.,»=§%¤#@# book of stars,   is  a   combined   map, #@#¤%§=»,.
,^~/^¤#@## calendar  and  timepiece as  long as you ##@#¤^/~^,
¨^-==~†@§# know  what year  it  is. every page is a #§@†~==-^¨
,~:*&¤#### grid  of  nine  starfields, hand  drawn, ####¤&*:~,
,.^~~;§&#@ below  which are written  coordinates in @#&§;~~^.,
..~^†¤¤@## both  space and time.  a  lot  of it  is ##@¤¤†^~..
,,.¨.¨-\%§ applicable  on earth,  but  not  all. it §%\-¨.¨.,,
¨.~^§%&¶## hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ##¶&%§^~.¨
.¨..:\%@&@ reordered,  some  names   i  have  never @&@%\:..¨.
.^«=%§&£## heard.   sometimes    the    dates   are ##£&§%=«^.
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,-=«-†^$*@ 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 ###£¤**=,,
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