,,,,»=*#@@ @@#*=»,,,,
,,»=**#@@# #@@#**=»,,
,,»=**#@@@ @@@#**=»,,
,,»=**#@@# #@@#**=»,,
,,,,,,,»*# #*»,,,,,,,
,,,,,,»*#@ 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. @@@#**=»,,
,,»=**#@@# #@@#**=»,,
,,»=**#@## ##@#**=»,,
,,,,,=**#@ @#**=,,,,,
,,»=**#@## ##@#**=»,,
,,»=**@@## ##@@**=»,,