^,¨.¨.¨¨.. ..¨¨.¨.¨,^
.,¨¨.,¨.¨. .¨.¨,.¨¨,.
,.,¨.¨,.., ,..,¨.¨,.,
¨¨¨...¨.., ,..¨...¨¨¨
,¨,..,.¨¨. .¨¨.,..,¨,
¨.,¨..,,.¨ , ~ ~ : / « - . ¨.,,..¨,.¨
¨.¨,¨,¨.¨. ¨ : - \ / ~ , . .¨.¨,¨,¨.¨
,¨¨,¨,,,.. ¨ - ~ † / ~ - ¨ ..,,,¨,¨¨,
~,,..,..,. . . - / † - ~ . .,..,..,,~
~.,¨..¨..¨ ¨..¨..¨,.~
*-,..¨¨¨,¨ 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 ,¨,«*=§###
##@#$††=,¨ the sky. ¨,=††$#@##
#@@@§=~,,, ,,,~=§@@@#
@#$=†=^,,, ,,,^=†=$#@
¶£§/~,.,¨¨ ¨¨,.,~/§£¶
%*;-,.,¨¨, ,¨¨,.,-;*%
^\»,¨.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.¨,»\^
/~~,¨¨¨.,, ,,.¨¨¨,~~/