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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.       @§&*/«~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~«/*&§                                          §&*/«~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«/*&                                          &*/«~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~«/*                                          */«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«/                                          /«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~«/*                                          */«~¨¨¨¨¨¨