....../%@@ @@%/......
..«//†%@@@ @@@%†//«..
..«/†%%%%@ @%%%%†/«..
...../%@@@ @@@%/.....
..«/†%@@@# #@@@%†/«..
..«/†%@@@# 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. @%†††«....
..«/†%@@@# #@@@%†/«..
..«/†%@@## ##@@%†/«..
..«/†%@@@# #@@@%†/«..
......«††@ @††«......
..««//††%@ @%††//««..