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