.,~;$§&@## ##@&§$;~,.
.,~;$§&@## ##@&§$;~,.
..,,,;$&@# #@&$;,,,..
..,,,,~;§& &§;~,,,,..
....,;§§@# #@§§;,....
.,~;$§&@## in the endless winter day, on the ##@&§$;~,.
.,~;$§&@## crystal white plains... we trudge along ##@&§$;~,.
.....,;;§@ 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, @§;,......
.,,,;$$$§@ my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow... @§$$$;,,,.
....,~;§&@ @&§;~,....
...,~~;$&& the first five shots you can spend &&$;~~,...
.,~;$§&### indiscriminately, they hurt but deal no ###&§$;~,.
.,~;$§&@## long time damage to the shooter. the ##@&§$;~,.
.,~;$§&### next five you must spend wisely, they ###&§$;~,.
.,~;$§&@## will take days to heal. the final five ##@&§$;~,.
.,~;$§&@## you must not spend at all. ##@&§$;~,.
.....,;$&& &&$;,.....
.,~;$§§§&@ weeks earlier, in the weak autumn dawn, @&§§§$;~,.
.,~;$§&@## in the blue-gray fog... something is ##@&§$;~,.
.,~;$$§&@@ burning with a deep crimson flame, @@&§$$;~,.
....,;$&@# untameable by water or wind. #@&$;,....
.,~;$§&### ###&§$;~,.
.,~;$§&@@@ @@@&§$;~,.
.,~;$$$$$& &$$$$$;~,.
...,;$$$§& &§$$$;,...
.,~;$§&&&@ @&&&§$;~,.