#@#&£%†»,¨                                          ¨,»†%£&#@#
#@#&£%†»,¨                                          ¨,»†%£&#@#
&%»,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»%&
#@#&£%†»,¨                                          ¨,»†%£&#@#
&££%†»¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨»†%££&
#@#&£%†»,¨ 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.       ¨¨¨¨,†%££&
#@#&£%†»,¨                                          ¨,»†%£&#@#
#@#&£%†»,¨                                          ¨,»†%£&#@#
#@#&£%†»,¨                                          ¨,»†%£&#@#
#@#&£%†»,¨                                          ¨,»†%£&#@#
@@#&£%†»,¨                                          ¨,»†%£&#@@