¨§¨¨§¨§§§¨                                          §§¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ 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.       §§¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§