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