.......... .&&.......
&&&&&&&&&& ....&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&..&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&....&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& ...&&..&&&
&&&&&&&&&& 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. ...&&&&..&
......&&.. &&..&&....
&&&&&..... .......&&&
&&&&..&&&& &&&&&&..&&
&&&....&&& .&&&&....&
&&..&&..&& ..&&..&&..