....:-/§¤& &¤§/-:....
...:-/§¤&@ @&¤§/-:...
..:-/§¤&@# #@&¤§/-:..
.:-/§¤&@## ##@&¤§/-:.
..:-/§¤&@# #@&¤§/-:..
...:-/§¤&@ 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. &¤§/-:....
.....:-/§¤ ¤§/-:.....
......:-/§ §/-:......
.......:-/ /-:.......
........:- -:........
.........: :.........