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