¨¨§§§¨§§¨§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§¨§§¨§                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§                                          §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ 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.       ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨