.......»%& &%».......
....~;%%&@ @&%%;~....
..~»;%%&&# #&&%%;»~..
.~»;%%&#@# #@#&%%;»~.
......»»%& &%»»......
.~»;%%%%## 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. ###&%%;»~.
...~~»%%#@ @#%%»~~...
...~~~;%&& &&%;~~~...
.~»;%%&#@# #@#&%%;»~.
.~»;%%&#@# #@#&%%;»~.
.~»%%&#@## ##@#&%%»~.