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