,,,,^~~%@@                                          @@%~~^,,,,
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,^~=%@@@@@                                          @@@@@%=~^,
,,,,^^~%%@                                          @%%~^^,,,,
,^^^^=@@@@                                          @@@@=^^^^,
,^~=%@@@## 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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,,,^==@@@@                                          @@@@==^,,,
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,,,,,,~=@@                                          @@=~,,,,,,