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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 $%;~,,¨¨,.
¨.,.¨¨,«;^ applicable  on  earth,  but  not all. it ^;«,¨¨.,.¨
.¨,.,,¨.~\ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars \~.¨,,.,¨.
,,.¨.¨.~^* reordered,  some   names  i  have  never *^~.¨.¨.,,
¨,¨,,,-=§& heard.    sometimes   the   dates    are &§=-,,,¨,¨
,¨.,¨«:=¤£ impossible.                              £¤=:«¨,.¨,
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.¨¨«=*%#@# those pages are exactly what  i scramble #@#%*=«¨¨.
,,»:%@§@@# for  right  now. i've stopped breathing. #@@§@%:»,,
¨«*=§@@@## i sling  open  the book of stars  a  bit ##@@@§=*«¨
,,-/†¤@£## too  quick, spilling all my notes on the ##£@¤†/-,,
..¨-*=&¤## ground. one lands  on  my foot, it is  a ##¤&=*-¨..
¨,,,~†$%@£ 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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