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