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