,.#£.,£&¨¨ @,£.¤¨&§,,
.£¨&,&¨@.# §,@¨§¨,£,¨
&£,£¨&.¤.# §,¤.§.§@¨.
¨£¨@.£,&¨& #.#,§.¨@¨&
¨¤.&,¤.¤¨§ &,§,&,£&¨§
.#.@¨¤.§¨& ¨ - ~ † / « , . @,@¨£¨,§,£
,&¨#,&,@.£ . : ~ ^ † « ^ . @¨#.£.@¤,£
.#,¤¨&¨@¨§ . , = ^ \ « , , §¨&.#..&¨¤
,£¨§,£¨§,£ ¨ ~ » ^ \ « ~ ¨ §,§,@,@¤.§
,&.#.¤,§¨& @.@.@,.£.&
¨¤.@¨@.&,£ 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. &¨#¨¤.£@¨¤
¨£¨¤¨§.§,# #.@,&.,#.¤
¨¤¨@¨@.#.# £.#¨§,§&,£
.@¨¤¨&,§¨£ ¤.#.&¨,¤¨&
¨¤,&,¤¨£.& @.&¨&¨¤#,@
,§,&,£,¤,# &¨@.¤..#,#
.¤,&¨§,#.& £,¤,§,§&.@