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