##@#$†;«^.                                          .^«;†$#@##
@#££¤^*~.¨                                          ¨.~*^¤££#@
###@¤*^~.¨                                          ¨.~^*¤@###
##@¤%$*=:.                                          .:=*$%¤@##
##@¤£*/~,¨                                          ¨,~/*£¤@##
####¤%\--,                                          ,--\%¤####
#@@£§*†»~,                   #                      ,~»†*§£@@#
##£§%$*«-.                  #@@                     .-«*$%§£##
@@*%:/:,¨.                 ##£&   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    ¨,~/†*@@@#
#@@@@$=~:.  found at the batteries, having gnawed   .:~=$@@@@#
##£#§$=~~.             through a cable.             .~~=$§#£##
##@£&%\«..                                          ..«\%&£@##
#@$£*~~»~¨                                          ¨~»~~*£$@#
@#@#%†^«:.                                          .:«^†%#@#@
@#@£§§=~^.                                          .^~=§§£@#@
##&#%†^~-¨                                          ¨-~^†%#&##
#§§»,¨.¨.,                                          ,.¨.¨,»§§#