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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, ;»-,¨,¨.,,
.¨¨¨.,,«;$ 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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