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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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,:»/%£@#@# 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 ###@&§=»~,
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