¨^-†$$@### ###@$$†-^¨
,,:~:%§@@# #@@§%:~:,,
,..^~==§@# #@§==~^..,
.,~=\^$@## ##@$^\=~,.
¨~~:*&¶### ###¶&*:~~¨
¨.^=*%§£## ##£§%*=^.¨
...,«*§# # ##&§*«,...
,,^«/%¤#@# ##@ #@#¤%/«^,,
,.~*^£¶### @£ 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. #£¤%*~,,.¨
,,:~;†£@@# #@@£†;~:,,
.,~†$$£### ###£$$†~,.
¨¨.-==@£@# #@£@==-.¨¨
,,¨:«=*§@@ @@§*=«:¨,,
.¨^-\§¤@## ##@¤§\-^¨.
,^~†%£@### ###@£%†~^,