,,,,--**@# #@**--,,,,
,,-;*@&#@# #@#&@*;-,,
,,-;*@&#@# #@#&@*;-,,
,,-;*@&&#@ @#&&@*;-,,
,,-;*@&#@# #@#&@*;-,,
,,-;*@&#@# 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. ##@@;-,,,,
,,-;*@&#@# #@#&@*;-,,
,,-;*@&#@# #@#&@*;-,,
,,-;*@&### ###&@*;-,,
,,-;**@&## ##&@**;-,,
,,-;*@&#@# #@#&@*;-,,