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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, $^=.¨,,,,¨
¨¨¨,,~»\*£ colourful sparks for  the imagination, a £*\»~,,¨¨¨
¨¨.¨.~:%&§ sharp contrast for  the  stale  black of §&%:~.¨.¨¨
,.¨^=/†*@£ the night.                               £@*†/=^¨.,
.,:=^$%#¶#                                          #¶#%$^=:,.
.:~^§@&£## the  others think  i'm young, they don't ##£&@§^~:.
.,,»\†%&## take  me   seriously  and  i  fear  they ##&%†\»,,.
¨¨.:»=†%#£ snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old £#%†=»:.¨¨
,..¨.~:*@& before  you  learn the trade  enough  to &@*:~.¨..,
,¨.,,.»/†£ take other people.  but  i  do lead them £†/».,,.¨,
¨¨¨¨¨,,~:^ safely     forward,     every     night. ^:~,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨,.,..^=:                                          :=^..,.,¨¨
.,¨.,.¨.^~ however,  currently  there  seems  to be ~^.¨.,.¨,.
....¨¨.,,. something  going on ahead.  those around .,,.¨¨....
¨¨,,,.,.., the   corner  have   stopped,  shouting, ,..,.,,,¨¨
.¨¨¨.,.,,: pointing.                                :,,.,.¨¨¨.
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¨¨¨.:»\*&& my greatest treasure, the                &&*\»:.¨¨¨
.¨¨¨,.«=%£ book of stars,   is   a  combined   map, £%=«.,¨¨¨.
.,.....~*$ calendar  and timepiece  as long  as you $*~.....,.
,,..¨,,~«^ know what year  it is. every page  is  a ^«~,,¨..,,
.,,¨,,,,.» grid  of  nine  starfields,  hand drawn, ».,,,,¨,,.
,,,,¨,,¨.^ below  which  are written coordinates in ^.¨,,¨,,,,
,,¨¨¨.,.,, both  space and time.  a  lot  of it  is ,,.,.¨¨¨,,
,,,,¨..¨,^ applicable  on earth,  but not  all.  it ^,¨..¨,,,,
¨,¨,,.,¨~« hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars «~¨,.,,¨,¨
,.,.,,.,~* reordered,  some  names  i   have  never *~,.,,.,.,
,.¨.,¨,«=* heard.    sometimes   the   dates    are *=«,¨,.¨.,
¨¨..¨-~†*¤ impossible.                              ¤*†~-¨..¨¨
,..¨~~;*$§                                          §$*;~~¨..,
.,¨-~†*$¤# 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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