,,,,,~***¤                                          ¤***~,,,,,
,,,,†††*¤@                                          @¤*†††,,,,
,,,,,,†*¶@                                          @¶*†,,,,,,
,,~†**¤¶¶¶                                          ¶¶¶¤**†~,,
,,~†****¤¤                                          ¤¤****†~,,
,,~†**¤¶@# 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.       ¶*****†~,,
,,~†**¤¶@#                                          #@¶¤**†~,,
,,~†***¤¤¶                                          ¶¤¤***†~,,
,,,,,,~~*¤                                          ¤*~~,,,,,,
,,~†**¤¶@#                                          #@¶¤**†~,,
,,~†**¤¶@#                                          #@¶¤**†~,,