##@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@##
##@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@##
@#$/==¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨==/$#@
##**==¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨==**##
##@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@##
#*=~¨¨¨¨¨¨      ##############################      ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=*#
##$/~~~¨¨¨      # the dam outside veszelle.  #      ¨¨¨~~~/$##
#@@#$*/=~¨      # the hydroplant             #      ¨~=/*$#@@#
@$*/=¨¨¨¨¨      ##############################      ¨¨¨¨¨=/*$@
##@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@##
###@#$*/=¨ it's all - it's all about circles, about ¨=/*$#@###
##@#$*/=~¨ toruses ("donuts"), it's about  spinning ¨~=/*$#@##
#$//====~¨ very fast  and then  inviting  a spiral. ¨~====//$#
##$*==~¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨~==*$##
###@$*/=~¨ ######################################## ¨~=/*$@###
##@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@##
##@#$*/=~¨ a  ring, like a  halo,  surrounds me. my ¨~=/*$#@##
####$*/=~¨ badge  as plant  supervisor.  grants  me ¨~=/*$####
##@#$*/=~¨ powers.  lights  me  up  in  the  subtle ¨~=/*$#@##
##@#$*/=~¨ silver-blue   color    of   the   plant. ¨~=/*$#@##
##@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@##
#@#*/==¨¨¨ the plant lures  the mist  from atop the ¨¨¨==/*#@#
##@#$*/=~¨ dark sea  water.  it's  siphoned  inside ¨~=/*$#@##
##@#$*/=~¨ the great mechanism.                     ¨~=/*$#@##
#**=~~~¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨~~~=**#
####$*/=~¨ there's internal workers  there, capable ¨~=/*$####
@#*/==~¨¨¨ of    surviving   turbine    conditions. ¨¨¨~==/*#@
#@#**/==~¨ they're     escaped    and    reeducated ¨~==/**#@#
@$$$//==~¨ liquid glass   cats,   always   carfully ¨~==//$$$@
@##$/~¨¨¨¨ adjusting the mirrors inside the  torus, ¨¨¨¨~/$##@
@###$*/=~¨ absorbing  and  emanating  various  mist ¨~=/*$###@
##@#$*/=~¨ wavelengths,  feeling for  other  things ¨~=/*$#@##
###@#$*/=¨ in the mist.                             ¨=/*$#@###
##@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@##
#$**=~¨¨¨¨ water  spirits  are  separated,   pushed ¨¨¨¨~=**$#
##@#$*/=~¨ into the center  funnel, into  the sharp ¨~=/*$#@##
##@#$*/=~¨ prism   at   its   bottom.their   voices ¨~=/*$#@##
####$*/=~¨ combine  each  night  into  a  wonderful ¨~=/*$####
#@#*///=~¨ chorus    as    they   are    refracted. ¨~=///*#@#
#*=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=*#
@#*/~~~~¨¨ ######################################## ¨¨~~~~/*#@
#@@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@@#
##@#$*/=~¨ the  dam. the hydroplant at the edge  of ¨~=/*$#@##
@##$//~~¨¨ the sea. we power  our  little pets with ¨¨~~//$##@
@#$*/~~¨¨¨ this energy.                             ¨¨¨~~/*$#@
@$/=~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~=/$@
@$$$**/=~¨                                          ¨~=/**$$$@
##@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@##
##@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@##
##@#$*/=~¨                                          ¨~=/*$#@##