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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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¨¨^~=%££@# 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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¨.¨¨,,.,¨, something going on ahead. those around ,¨,.,,¨¨.¨
,,.¨¨¨¨,.¨ the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨.,¨¨¨¨.,,
,¨,¨,,¨¨.¨ pointing. ¨.¨¨,,¨,¨,
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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 ~:¨¨,..,,,
,¨..,..,¨^ impossible. ^¨,..,..¨,
,¨,,..¨,.¨ ¨.,¨..,,¨,
,¨,.,¨¨,,¨ 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. ,,¨,.,,,,,
,,.,.,¨.-~ ~-.¨,.,.,,
.,¨¨.,¨,=† for it seems like there's a new moon in †=,¨,.¨¨,.
,..,,¨,~\^ the sky. ^\~,¨,,..,
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