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