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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. *«,....¨..
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.¨.,¨¨¨,¨: for it seems like there's a new moon in :¨,¨¨¨,.¨.
,.¨.¨..¨,¨ the sky. ¨,¨..¨.¨.,
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