.~»=†&¶###                                          ###¶&†=»~.
..^=;*%¶##                                          ##¶%*;=^..
.,,.»^*%#@                                          @#%*^».,,.
¨.--\$&£##                                          ##£&$\--.¨
¨,~:†£@###                                          ###@£†:~,¨
,,.-*$%¶##                                          ##¶%$*-.,,
¨,¨~=†$%@@                   @                      @@%$†=~¨,¨
,.^-/%@¶##                  #@#                     ##¶@%/-^.,
.~~**%£###                 ##¤#   GRIMETON PEAK     ###£%**~~.
..,-/=££##                @@##*%                    ##££=/-,..
..¨~~=*§#@               « ,=%*=«                   @#§*=~~¨..
,¨--\$@¶##             »-   ^^~  »                  ##¶@$\--¨,
,~=\%%####           -~           «                 ####%%\=~,
.¨,-=†¤###        »»=              ««~              ###¤†=-,¨.
,¨.:~/%%¶#     =-~                    »--~~~        #¶%%/~:.¨,
,.:-^%£@##                                          ##@£%^-:.,
¨,~:*¤¶### 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   ##¶¤*:«,..
¨,,--†=$##             THROUGH A CABLE.             ##$=†--,,¨
.,,~:$£###                                          ###£$:~,,.
.~»:=$@###                                          ###@$=:»~.
¨,:~^$$#@#                                          #@#$$^~:,¨
.,,^~^%¤¶#                                          #¶¤%^~^,,.
,.,=;^$###                                          ###$^;=,.,
.~=*^*@###                                          ###@*^*=~.