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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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