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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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,:«†*¤£### ..¨ ¨, ¨«;~¨ ., .¨,                      ###£¤*†«:,
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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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,¨,~†$$&@# for it seems like there's  a new moon in #@&$$†~,¨,
,¨¨^~†**£# the sky.                                 #£**†~^¨¨,
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