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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 @£@%†;».¨.
¨-~^$§#¶## sharp contrast  for  the  stale black of ##¶#§$^~-¨
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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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