¨.,-*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*-,.¨
.,,~~*%*§¶                                          ¶§*%*~~,,.
¨¨,¨~~;%§£                                          £§%;~~¨,¨¨
.¨,¨¨,=/%$                                          $%/=,¨¨,¨.
..,,,¨-~^=                                          =^~-¨,,,..
.,...¨,,-^ ¨   .   ~   =              /   =   .   ¨ ^-,,¨...,.
..¨,.,¨,,=  ¨   ^   «   *            /   ~   ~   ,  =,,¨,.,¨..
,.,.¨,,¨,^   ,   .   =   :          /   ~   ~   .   ^,¨,,¨.,.,
,,,.¨,..¨¨    .   :   -   /        /   »   ,   ,    ¨¨..,¨.,,,
,.,....¨¨~                                          ~¨¨....,.,
.,,¨,¨.¨.» as  we cross  the  mountain, we can walk ».¨.¨,¨,,.
..,,,,,.«\ only at  night.  long ago, someone  here \«.,,,,,..
,,....^=\* must've angered the  sun,  and today  it *\=^....,,
.,¨¨¨:«/*& still burns  us strangely.  but with the &*/«:¨¨¨,.
.,,¨^»**§# sunset the air comes  raining back  down #§**»^¨,,.
¨¨¨.-†*£§@ and  gets  thick  enough to breathe.  it @§£*†-.¨¨¨
,,,»/§§§£@ carries with it  smells  from  far away, @£§§§/»,,,
,:«*^£¤£## colourful sparks  for the imagination, a ##£¤£^*«:,
,,-~†%*£@# sharp contrast  for the  stale  black of #@£*%†~-,,
.,,~«;*£#@ the night.                               @#£*;«~,,.
.,.,,-†§££                                          ££§†-,,.,.
,¨,,..«:%£ the  others  think i'm young, they don't £%:«..,,¨,
.,.¨.,.«** take  me  seriously   and  i  fear  they **«.,.¨.,.
,¨.,¨¨.,-* snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old *-,.¨¨,.¨,
.¨¨¨¨¨..^= before  you learn  the  trade enough  to =^..¨¨¨¨¨.
,¨,..,,,.: take  other people.  but  i do lead them :.,,,..,¨,
.¨.¨,....¨ safely     forward,     every     night. ¨....,¨.¨.
¨.¨,.,.¨,.                                          .,¨.,.,¨.¨
¨¨.,¨¨,,^- however, currently  there  seems  to  be -^,,¨¨,.¨¨
..¨,.¨¨~-: something going on  ahead.  those around :-~¨¨.,¨..
.,¨,.¨:~*= the   corner  have   stopped,  shouting, =*~:¨.,¨,.
,¨¨..,~/=¤ pointing.                                ¤=/~,..¨¨,
,¨¨,:«/%$#                                          #$%/«:,¨¨,
¨¨¨,»=§¤&# ,¨¨ .. ,~:~, ¨¨ ,¨¨                      #&¤§=»,¨¨¨
¨,,=*§@¤@# .¨. ,. ,~:~. ¨¨ ¨¨.                      #@¤@§*=,,¨
,,«:%¤£@## ¨¨. ¨¨ ¨~†-, ,, .¨,                      ##@£¤%:«,,
,,~»=$¤##@ ,,, ., ¨«/-. ,. ..¨                      @##¤$=»~,,
...--/^£## .¨, ,, .«/~¨ ¨¨ ¨.,                      ##£^/--...
¨.¨..~/$§# ¨.¨ ., .~*=¨ ., ..,                      #§$/~..¨.¨
¨¨¨¨,,-/§& ... ,, ,=*«¨ ¨¨ ¨,¨                      &§/-,,¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨,..«/* ¨., ¨, ¨~†-¨ .¨ ,,.                      */«..,¨¨¨,
¨......,»*                                          *»,......¨
,¨.¨¨...,» my greatest treasure, the                »,...¨¨.¨,
¨,¨¨.,¨,.~ book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, ~.,¨,.¨¨,¨
.¨.¨¨.,,.¨ calendar  and  timepiece as long as  you ¨.,,.¨¨.¨.
,,¨..,.¨,^ know what  year  it is.  every page is a ^,¨.,..¨,,
¨¨,.¨.,,:« grid of  nine  starfields,  hand  drawn, «:,,.¨.,¨¨
,¨¨¨¨,¨.»† below  which are written  coordinates in †».¨,¨¨¨¨,
,.,¨.¨-~\% both  space  and time. a  lot of  it  is %\~-¨.¨,.,
,¨...-«=*% applicable  on  earth, but  not all.  it %*=«-...¨,
,¨,,,»/**& hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars &**/»,,,¨,
¨¨¨,»^$£&¶ 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. §$^^~,.,,¨
.¨,¨.^~^*& i  sling open the  book of  stars a  bit &*^~^.¨,¨.
¨,,..¨,~/† too quick, spilling all my notes on  the †/~,¨..,,¨
¨,,,,¨¨,~^ ground. one lands on  my  foot, it  is a ^~,¨¨,,,,¨
.,,¨¨..¨.» drawing  of a  muscle cow,  but  i could ».¨..¨¨,,.
,,,,¨.¨,.~ care less right now.                     ~.,¨.¨,,,,
¨¨¨¨.,.,,¨                                          ¨,,.,.¨¨¨¨
¨.,¨.,¨¨¨- for it seems like there's  a new moon in -¨¨¨,.¨,.¨
...,,¨.,.~ the sky.                                 ~.,.¨,,...
,,,,,.,,=†                                          †=,,.,,,,,
,¨,..,:~†=                                          =†~:,..,¨,
..,¨.,~^§$                                          $§^~,.¨,..
.,¨.-»†§£§                                          §£§†»-.¨,.
,.¨,~*%*§@                                          @§*%*~,¨.,
,,-»**&###                                          ###&**»-,,