,,,,,~†@@#                                          #@@†~,,,,,
,,~/†%@###                                          ###@%†/~,,
,,,,,//†@@                                          @@†//,,,,,
,,,,,~†@@#                                          #@@†~,,,,,
,,~/†%@###                                          ###@%†/~,,
,,,,,~†%## 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.       ###@%†/~,,
,,~/†%@###                                          ###@%†/~,,
,,~/†%@###                                          ###@%†/~,,
,,~/†%@###                                          ###@%†/~,,
,,,,,/%%%#                                          #%%%/,,,,,
,,~/†%@###                                          ###@%†/~,,