@§%=~,....                                          ....,~=%§@
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#§§§§~,...                                          ...,~§§§§#
##@§%§=~,.                                          .,~=§%§@##
##@§%§=~,. 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.       ...~~§§%§§
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§§%§§~,...                                          ...,~§§%§§