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