,,,:-%%$$@ @$$%%-:,,,
,:-†%$¤@@# #@@¤$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@## ##@¤$%†-:,
,,,-††%%$¤ ¤$%%††-,,,
,:-†%$¤@@# #@@¤$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@@@ IN THE ENDLESS WINTER DAY, ON THE @@@¤$%†-:,
,,,,,-†%$¤ CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ¤$%†-,,,,,
,,,,,,-†$¤ THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY ¤$†-,,,,,,
,:-†%$@@## SNOWED OVER, IN THE STILL HOURS SINCE ##@@$%†-:,
,,::-%$$$¤ THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN. ¤$$$%-::,,
,:-†%$¤@@# #@@¤$%†-:,
,,,,,:†%¤@ BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING @¤%†:,,,,,
,:-†%$¤¤@@ GROUND. RIFLES ATTACHED TO OUR WRIST, @@¤¤$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@## SHARING IN OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, ##@¤$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@## MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... ##@¤$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@@@ @@@¤$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@@# THE FIRST FIVE SHOTS YOU CAN SPEND #@@¤$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@@@ INDISCRIMINATELY, THEY HURT BUT DEAL NO @@@¤$%†-:,
,,,--%%%$¤ LONG TIME DAMAGE TO THE SHOOTER. THE ¤$%%%--,,,
,:-†%$¤¤@@ NEXT FIVE YOU MUST SPEND WISELY, THEY @@¤¤$%†-:,
,,,,,:†$@@ WILL TAKE DAYS TO HEAL. THE FINAL FIVE @@$†:,,,,,
,:-†%$@@## YOU MUST NOT SPEND AT ALL. ##@@$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@@# #@@¤$%†-:,
,:-††%%%$@ WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, @$%%%††-:,
,:-†%$¤@@# IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS #@@¤$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@@# BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, #@@¤$%†-:,
,,,,,,:†$@ UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. @$†:,,,,,,
,:-†%$¤@@@ @@@¤$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@@# #@@¤$%†-:,
,:-†%$¤@@# #@@¤$%†-:,
,,,,,:†$@@ @@$†:,,,,,
,:-†%$¤@## ##@¤$%†-:,