£%%*«.,.¨.                                          .¨.,.«*%%£
#@#%^~¨,,.                                          .,,¨~^%#@#
###£§*;-^¨                                          ¨^-;*§£###
#£§&§§:~,.                                          .,~:§§&§£#
#$%*:*~..,                                          ,..~*:*%$#
#@£&*%^~^¨                                          ¨^~^%*&£@#
##£¤¤*:--,                   @                      ,--:*¤¤£##
#@£*^^^=-,                  @#@                     ,-=^^^*£@#
##@§£$/«..                 @#§#   GRIMETON PEAK     ..«/$£§@##
@@¶&@$\~.,                ££££&^                    ,.~\$@&¶@@
##££@†^»,.               « .=*=-»                   .,»^†@££##
##£&§$;-^.             -»   ~,,  «                  .^-;$§&£##
¶£$*=-»-,.           -«           »                 .,-»-=*$£¶
###£$†/=~.        --~              ~=«              .~=/†$£###
@@^^»¨¨¨¨,     »»~                    »-~--~        ,¨¨¨¨»^^@@
@##¤&†\«,,                                          ,,«\†&¤##@
#££%††.,,, GRIMETON, THE  MOUNTAIN  PEAK OF ETERNAL ,,,.††%££#
#†~~¨,.,¨, SPRING.  AND  EVEN  THOUGH  THAT'S  ONLY ,¨,.,¨~~†#
##¤%=,,.,¨ ACTUALLY  TRUE  AT  A   BELT  ALONG  THE ¨,.,,=%¤##
##%†»,~,,.  CIRCUMFERENCE, THAT BELT IS PRECISELY   .,,~,»†%##
#@@££$:~:¨          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.             ,.¨,¨,:%§#
@@¶#%†*=,,                                          ,,=*†%#¶@@
&=«~,¨,..¨                                          ¨..,¨,~«=&
@@#&§†*-:¨                                          ¨:-*†§&#@@
£%%†§%/=,,                                          ,,=/%§†%%£
#*&\,,¨.¨¨                                          ¨¨.¨,,\&*#
###@**†-^¨                                          ¨^-†**@###