The cabin is all on one floor. There is a large front room that looks out on a meadow. Gunter is sitting at a big table unpacking some books that have been in boxes since they moved here in October. Gwen is working at a small table on one side of the room, beside a window that looks into the woods.

It is a cold day in early spring. Winsock and Browser are curled up together on a large pillow in the corner of the room, near where Gwen is working.

The surveillance devices observing this scene are not visible.
The people responsible for their presence have not been revealed.

It is time to put away the skis and the snowshoes for next winter.
It is time for the story to begin.

It is Gwen who tells it.

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