¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨                                          #¨¨##¨##¨#
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨¨#¨#
¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨                                          #¨#¨#¨##¨#
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨¨#¨#
¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨                                          #¨#¨#¨##¨#
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨ 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.       #¨#¨#¨##¨#
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨¨#¨#
¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨                                          #¨#¨#¨##¨#
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨¨#¨#
¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨                                          #¨#¨#¨##¨#
¨#¨#¨#¨##¨                                          #¨#¨#¨¨#¨#