#,¤&.§¨£,& ,@¨@¨@@.,§
@,,§¨#.#,§ ¤#¨#.,¤.&,
&,§¤,¤.#¨¤ .¤¨§.##¨@,
@,,#¨¤¨¤¨£ &£.#,.¤,#,
¤.@¤¨&.@,§ .#¨#¨#&¨#,
¤¨.&,¤,§.# , : « : / « ^ ¨ §&.§.,£.£,
#¨@§,&,#.@ , ^ « / \ ~ , , .@,&,&@,#,
#¨,¤,§,#,# . , ~ / ; ~ . , #@¨¤,¨@.&¨
§.¤¤.§.§.£ ¨ - » / ^ = ^ ¨ .#¨£¨&§,#.
£,.£.@¨£,# ¤£.&.,#.@¨
¤.¤@,¤¨£,& 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. ¤¤,£.¨@.¤¨
§.§§¨#,@,¤ ¨§.&¨£¤,#.
&,,@.¤,¤.¤ 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. ¨¤¨&,¤#,§,
§¨¨@¨§¨§,& @&¨¤.¨¤.@.
§,&¤,&.&¨& HOWEVER, CURRENTLY THERE SEEMS TO BE ¨&.@.¤§¨£¨
@¨,&.£¨@.§ SOMETHING GOING ON AHEAD. THOSE AROUND ¤£,@.,#.¤,
&¨#£,£,@¨§ THE CORNER HAVE STOPPED, SHOUTING, ¨¤,£.¤&.¤.
£,¨#¨¤¨§,£ POINTING. #¤¨&¨,£¨§,
¤,&&¨¤¨#.§ ¨#,&.&@¨&.
#,.§.&,§¨§ ,,, ¨, ,~†~, ., ,¨. §@.&.,#.§¨
#,§#¨§¨¤¨& ,.¨ .¨ ,=;», .. .¨. ¨&¨¤,#£¨§,
&,,#,¤¨£.£ ... ¨, .-^-. ¨¨ ,,, £§¨§.,#,@¨
@.¤@.§.§,# ¨¨. ¨. .«\=¨ ,, ,,¨ .&,£,@@.&,
@,.#,@,@¨@ ¨,, ,¨ ,»;«, ,, .,, ¤¤¨£,,¤.§.
£.§£,#,@,§ .., ,. .«==, ,. .¨¨ ¨¤,@,¤&¨#,
@,.#¨¤.£,£ ¨¨. ¨, ¨~;~¨ ,¨ .,¨ §#.§¨.#,&,
£.£#.¤¨§,£ ... .. .~:~¨ ¨. ¨,, ,&,#,#£,§,
§..@,§.@¨¤ #§.@..§¨§.
§.&£,£.#.§ 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. @£,£.,§.§.
£¨¤@.&.&¨§ ,#.£.#§¨#¨
§..&.&,¤,& 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. &§,@¨¨@¨£,
§.#@,£.£.§ ¨¤.¤¨§¤.&,
&,.@,¤,¤¨& FOR IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A NEW MOON IN @¤.&,,§.¤,
&,&&.£,¤.& THE SKY. ¨@¨@¨@§¨&.
¤¨¨&,#¨£¨¤ £&.#¨.&.&,
&.§#.¤¨@¨¤ .§.§,¤#¨§.
§,.@.@,@.@ @¤¨@,.§,&,
#.£§.§¨§¨£ ¨#¨§,§£.&.
&¨¨&,¤¨#,£ £§,&¨,¤.@.
£.§§¨@¨£.# ,@,#,@&¨¤,