..:»^*£@@# #@@£*^»:..
.^»†=%@¶## ##¶@%=†»^.
,,~-†*§@## ##@§*†-~,,
...~«/§%£# #£%§/«~...
¨..~\$%##@ @##%$\~..¨
,^=\$@#### , ~ ~ / : = . ¨ ####@$\=^,
.,~-^*£¤#@ , ^ ~ * \ - ~ . @#¤£*^-~,.
¨,.~=\†&£# . , - : \ « , ¨ #£&†\=~.,¨
,¨,~;=@&## ¨ - « = * = , ¨ ##&@=;~,¨,
.,»;%£&¶@# #@¶&£%;»,.
.¨--;=%£## 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. ###&£%;~:¨
,..~*§*&## ##&*§*~..,
..¨,-†%$## for it seems like there's a new moon in ##$%†-,¨..
,.~=/†$&@# the sky. #@&$†/=~.,
¨~«\*%#@@# #@@#%*\«~¨
¨,~~*$£§## ##§£$*~~,¨
¨.¨~»**%§@ @§%**»~¨.¨
...-^%£¤@# #@¤£%^-...
¨^-^§%£### ###£%§^-^¨
¨,^«^†$&@# #@&$†^«^,¨