,:«^=$§@##                                          ##@§$=^«:,
,:«^=$§@##                                          ##@§$=^«:,
,:::««^$$@                                          @$$^««:::,
,:::«^=$§#                                          #§$=^«:::,
,:«^=$§@##                                          ##@§$=^«:,
,:«^=$§@@@ in  the  endless   winter  day,  on  the @@@§$=^«:,
,:«^=$§### crystal white  plains... we trudge along ###§$=^«:,
,:«^=$§@##   the train tracks... themselves slowly  ##@§$=^«:,
,,,«^^=$@@ snowed over, in  the  still  hours since @@$=^^«,,,
,:«^=$§@##          the last supply train.          ##@§$=^«:,
,,,,,,:^$@                                          @$^:,,,,,,
,,,,,«=§§@     bell-like sounds of the blinding     @§§=«,,,,,
,:«^=$§@## ground. rifles  attached to  our  wrist, ##@§$=^«:,
,:«^^^^^=§ sharing  in  our bloodstream. my  husky, §=^^^^^«:,
,,,,:«^==§      my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow...      §==^«:,,,,
,,:«^^==§§                                          §§==^^«:,,
,,,,,«=§@# the  first  five  shots  you  can  spend #@§=«,,,,,
,,:««^$$@@ indiscriminately, they hurt  but deal no @@$$^««:,,
,:«^=$§@@@ long  time  damage to the  shooter.  the @@@§$=^«:,
,,,,:^=$§@ next  five  you  must spend wisely, they @§$=^:,,,,
,,,,««=§§§ will take days  to  heal. the final five §§§=««,,,,
,:«^=$@### you    must    not    spend    at   all. ###@$=^«:,
,:«^$§@###                                          ###@§$^«:,
,,,::::^$@ weeks earlier, in the  weak autumn dawn, @$^::::,,,
,:«^=$§@## in  the  blue-gray fog...  something  is ##@§$=^«:,
,,,:^^^^=§ burning  with   a  deep  crimson  flame, §=^^^^:,,,
,:«««==$@#       untameable by water or wind.       #@$==«««:,
,,,,,:«=§@                                          @§=«:,,,,,
,:«^=$§@##                                          ##@§$=^«:,
,,,,,,«=§@                                          @§=«,,,,,,
,,,,,:^$§#                                          #§$^:,,,,,
,:«^=$§@##                                          ##@§$=^«:,