##$^^.....                                          .....^^$##
#%%-......                                          ......-%%#
#$$^-^....                                          ....^-^$$#
##$$^^^-^.                                          .^-^^^$$##
@#$$%--^^.                                          .^^--%$$#@
#$%--^....      ##############################      ....^--%$#
#@##$%^-^.      # the dam outside veszelle.  #      .^-^%$##@#
#@##$%^-^.      # the hydroplant             #      .^-^%$##@#
#$%-......      ##############################      ......-%$#
##%^^.....                                          .....^^%##
####$%^-^. it's all - it's all about circles, about .^-^%$####
#@##$%^-^. toruses  ("donuts"), it's about spinning .^-^%$##@#
##%%%%^-^. 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 ....^---%#
#@##$%^-^. liquid glass   cats,   always   carfully .^-^%$##@#
#@##$%^-^. adjusting the mirrors  inside the torus, .^-^%$##@#
#$$%--^... absorbing  and  emanating  various  mist ...^--%$$#
#$$%^--^.. wavelengths,  feeling  for  other things ..^--^%$$#
##$^^-.... in the mist.                             ....-^^$##
##@##$^-^.                                          .^-^$##@##
#$$$%-^... water  spirits   are  separated,  pushed ...^-%$$$#
##@#$%^-^. into the center  funnel, into  the sharp .^-^%$#@##
##@#$%^-^. prism   at   its   bottom.their   voices .^-^%$#@##
#@##$%^-^. combine  each  night  into  a  wonderful .^-^%$##@#
###$%--... chorus    as    they   are    refracted. ...--%$###
#%--......                                          ......--%#
@@##$%^-^. ######################################## .^-^%$##@@
#%^-......                                          ......-^%#
@###$%^-^. the dam. the  hydroplant at the  edge of .^-^%$###@
#@##$%^-^. the sea.  we power our  little pets with .^-^%$##@#
#$$%%^^-^. this energy.                             .^-^^%%$$#
#%%^^---^.                                          .^---^^%%#
#$%--.....                                          .....--%$#
##@##%^-^.                                          .^-^%##@##
@###$%^-^.                                          .^-^%$###@
#$^-......                                          ......-^$#