#&$==«»¨¨,                                          ,¨¨»«==$&#
&¤\,:,¨¨.,                                          ,.¨¨,:,\¤&
##¶¤@%:«^¨                                          ¨^«:%@¤¶##
§§%;..¨.,¨                                          ¨,.¨..;%§§
#@£§§;..,¨                                          ¨,..;§§£@#
#¶§*--»-^,                                          ,^-»--*§¶#
###@%§†~,¨                   @                      ¨,~†§%@###
##@£&§:«:¨                  ##@                     ¨:«:§&£@##
###@££†=~,                 #@&§   grimeton peak     ,~=†££@###
##@@%^:«,,                *@@¤£*                    ,,«:^%@@##
@*;,,,¨¨¨¨               » ¨*†*-=                   ¨¨¨¨,,,;*@
#@@@&%†-:¨             =«   :^~  =                  ¨:-†%&@@@#
@*:,,^^,¨¨           ~-           ~                 ¨¨,^^,,:*@
###£§&^»,¨        »»»              ~-~              ¨,»^&§£###
#@#@£%=-,¨     =»~                    »~~~--        ¨,-=%£@#@#
£#&^†.,¨,¨                                          ¨,¨,.†^&#£
#¤@^=,,.,. grimeton, the  mountain peak of  eternal .,.,,=^@¤#
###@£$*~.¨ spring.  and  even  though  that's  only ¨.~*$£@###
##@&@%;~,, actually  true  at  a   belt  along  the ,,~;%@&@##
##£§%*/»,,  circumference, that belt is precisely   ,,»/*%§£##
#§¤§=»«.,.          where the station is.           .,.«»=§¤§#
@%§*†//»,,                                          ,,»//†*§%@
#§††«¨.,¨,  frost on the windows glowing yellow in  ,¨,.¨«††§#
##¶¤¤*†-~,   the morning sun, small birds chirping  ,~-†*¤¤¶##
@¤%:«~.,..  from the young trees. patches of snow   ..,.~«:%¤@
@$**=,¨.¨.    on the grass... meltwater from the    .¨.¨,=**$@
#$%^-:,¨.¨                 antenna.                 ¨.¨,:-^%$#
§£**$===,.                                          .,===$**£§
##@¤*$;«~¨    we would wake up as the sun hit our   ¨~«;$*¤@##
##@£&§*~~¨     faces, bringing us back from the     ¨~~*§&£@##
##@¤*%:«~¨    depths; the nature of the night was   ¨~«:%*¤@##
@#*¤$*;»,.    also different, as if the darkness    .,»;*$¤*#@
@@@¤%$:»~¨  behind our eyelids was clearer and you  ¨~»:$%¤@@@
¤#*†~^,,¨¨      could see further than before.      ¨¨,,^~†*#¤
##£¤£=;»-,                                          ,-»;=£¤£##
##£&£=:».,    breakfast, then a walk through the    ,.»:=£&£##
£¤%*».,¨¨.  grounds to see if things were in order. .¨¨,.»*%¤£
@§%*«¨,.,¨  some mornings a tree would have fallen, ¨,.,¨«*%§@
###¤£$=»,¨  or tiles would've dropped off a roof. a ¨,»=$£¤###
##@¤£%=«-¨     few times electricity was out...     ¨-«=%£¤@##
##¶¤**/--.    usually then a dead mouse would be    .--/**¤¶##
¶§£%».,.¨¨   found at the batteries, having gnawed  ¨¨.,.»%£§¶
####*†\»,,             through a cable.             ,,»\†*####
@@#@¤†*=,¨                                          ¨,=*†¤@#@@
£&^«,,-¨.¨                                          ¨.¨-,,«^&£
##£¤%*=-^,                                          ,^-=*%¤£##
##¶§%$;»..                                          ..»;$%§¶##
##@@%$†-~.                                          .~-†$%@@##
@@%$%»,,..                                          ..,,»%$%@@