,,~^=%§###                                          ###§%=^~,,
,,~^^===%§                                          §%===^^~,,
,,~^=%§#@#                                          #@#§%=^~,,
,,~^=%§#@#                                          #@#§%=^~,,
,,,,,~^^%§                                          §%^^~,,,,,
,,~^=%§##@ 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.       #@#§%=^~,,
,,~^=%%%§@                                          @§%%%=^~,,
,,,,,~=%##                                          ##%=~,,,,,
,,,,~~^=%#                                          #%=^~~,,,,
,,,,,^^=%§                                          §%=^^,,,,,
,,~^=%§#@#                                          #@#§%=^~,,