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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.       ¨¨¨¨¨,~=§§
#§§=~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~=§§#
@#§§=~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~=§§#@
#@#§§=~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~=§§#@#
##@#§§=~,¨                                          ¨,~=§§#@##
#@#§§=~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~=§§#@#