¨&&¨¨&&&&¨ &&¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨
¨&¨&¨&¨¨¨& ¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨&&
&&&&&&&¨¨& &¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨
&¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨& &&&¨&¨¨¨&&
¨&¨¨¨¨¨&&& ¨¨¨&&&¨¨&¨
¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨¨ 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. &¨&&&¨¨¨&¨
¨&¨&¨&¨¨&¨ &&&¨¨&¨¨&&
&&&&&&&¨&& &¨¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨¨¨¨¨¨&&¨ ¨&¨&&&¨&&&
¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨& &&&&¨¨&&¨¨
¨&&¨¨¨¨&&& ¨¨¨¨&¨&¨&¨