¨~-\^%£#@@                                          @@#£%^\-~¨
¨.=^%$£¶##                                          ##¶£$%^=.¨
,.¨..~^%&¤                                          ¤&%^~..¨.,
,:»^*£@¶@#                                          #@¶@£*^»:,
,,,¨,.-*£¶                                          ¶£*-.,¨,,,
.,«:†%¤@@@ .   .   =   ;              †   =   ^   ¨ @@@¤%†:«,.
¨..,^*\£@#  ,   :   ~   ^            ;   =   ^   .  #@£\*^,..¨
..=*†%§£@#   ,   ,   «   :          †   =   ,   ,   #@£§%†*=..
¨~»;%£@###    .   :   ~   *        =   «   ~   ,    ###@£%;»~¨
.,,,^;%§£¶                                          ¶£§%;^,,,.
¨~~††/$££# as we  cross  the mountain, we  can walk #££$/††~~¨
.¨¨¨.»;$¤# only  at  night. long ago, someone  here #¤$;».¨¨¨.
,~~/$§#£## must've angered the  sun,  and today  it ##£#§$/~~,
,,-;^$¤##@ still burns  us strangely.  but with the @##¤$^;-,,
.,»/†¤£### 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.                                 ##@&%%/--¨
.:-^%§&###                                          ###&§%^-:.
¨,-:^§£@##                                          ##@£§^:-,¨
,,~=^@#@##                                          ##@#@^=~,,
,,«/*$¤###                                          ###¤$*/«,,
.:«;§%$&£@                                          @£&$%§;«:.
.,..,.-^$#                                          #$^-.,..,.