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