&&,,&,,&,&                                          &,&,&&,,,,
&&&,,&,,,,                                          &,,,&&&,,,
&,&&,,&,,,                                          ,&,,&,&&,,
,,&&&,,&,,                                          ,,&,,,&&&,
,,&,&&,,&,                                          ,,,&,,&,&&
&,,,&&&,,& 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.       ,,,,,,,,&,
,,&,&&,,,&                                          ,,,,,,,,,&
&,,,&&&,,&                                          &,,,,,,,,,
,&,,&,&&,,                                          &&,,,,,,,,
,,&,,,&&&,                                          ,&&,,,,,,,
,,,&,,&,&&                                          ,&&&,,,,,,