,:~/%$&@@@                                          @@@&$%/~:,
,:~///%&&@                                          @&&%///~:,
,:~/%&@@##                                          ##@@&%/~:,
,,,,,:~~%&                                          &%~~:,,,,,
,:~/%$&@@@                                          @@@&$%/~:,
,:~/%$&@@# in  the  endless  winter  day,   on  the #@@&$%/~:,
,:::/%%$@@ crystal white plains... we trudge  along @@$%%/:::,
,:~/%$&@@@   the train tracks... themselves slowly  @@@&$%/~:,
,:~/%$&@@# snowed  over,  in the still  hours since #@@&$%/~:,
,,:~~/$$&@          the last supply train.          @&$$/~~:,,
,,,,,:/%&@                                          @&%/:,,,,,
,,,,~/$$&@     bell-like sounds of the blinding     @&$$/~,,,,
,,,~~%$$&@ ground.  rifles  attached  to our wrist, @&$$%~~,,,
,:~/%$&&@@ sharing  in our bloodstream.  my  husky, @@&&$%/~:,
,:~/%$&@@@      my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow...      @@@&$%/~:,
,:~/%$@@##                                          ##@@$%/~:,
,:~/%$&@## the  first  five  shots  you  can  spend ##@&$%/~:,
,~/%$&@@## indiscriminately, they  hurt but deal no ##@@&$%/~,
,,:~//%$&& long  time  damage  to  the shooter. the &&$%//~:,,
,:~/%$&@@# next five you must  spend  wisely,  they #@@&$%/~:,
,:~/%$&@@@ will take days  to heal.  the final five @@@&$%/~:,
,,::~%$&&& you   must    not    spend    at    all. &&&$%~::,,
,:~/$&@@##                                          ##@@&$/~:,
,,,,,,~%&& weeks earlier, in the  weak autumn dawn, &&%~,,,,,,
,::://$$&@ in  the  blue-gray fog...  something  is @&$$//:::,
,,,,,:~/$@ burning  with  a  deep   crimson  flame, @$/~:,,,,,
,,:~//%%$&       untameable by water or wind.       &$%%//~:,,
,:~/%$&@@#                                          #@@&$%/~:,
:~/%$&@@##                                          ##@@&$%/~:
,:~/%$&@@#                                          #@@&$%/~:,
,:~/%$&@@#                                          #@@&$%/~:,
,:~/%%%%&&                                          &&%%%%/~:,