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