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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 @£#%$*~,¨¨
¨.~=%&£### safely     forward,     every     night. ###£&%=~.¨
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¨,.¨,=††$¤ 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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