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