##£¤**:»¨¨ ¨¨»:**¤£##
##@£%*=.,¨ ¨,.=*%£@##
###¤%*^»., ,.»^*%¤###
###@&*†^~, ,~^†*&@###
##£@%%/~., ,.~/%%@£##
##£%^*~,,. ¨ - = ^ = » , , .,,~*^%£##
#@@@%%:-.. . , ~ † * ~ , . ..-:%%@@@#
###£££*^~¨ ¨ ^ « * = ~ - , ¨~^*£££###
#@#£&$/-,¨ ¨ , ~ \ \ ~ , ¨ ¨,-/$&£#@#
##¤¤*=«.,, ,,.«=*¤¤##
###@%§*=,¨ 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. ...=/%¤@##
##@£%*=».¨ ¨.»=*%£@##
##@@#@$=«, FOR IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A NEW MOON IN ,«=$@#@@##
###&$*^-.¨ THE SKY. ¨.-^*$&###
@@§%$;-... ...-;$%§@@
##£££%†»,. .,»†%£££##
##@@¤&^\«, ,«\^&¤@@##
####@$:«¨. .¨«:$@####
#@#%*†».., ,..»†*%#@#
###@&%:«¨, ,¨«:%&@###