...,~=%&## ##&%=~,...
..,~=%&### ###&%=~,..
.,~=%&#### ####&%=~,.
..,~=%&### ###&%=~,..
...,~=%&## ##&%=~,...
....,~=%&# 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. =~,.......
........,~ ~,........
........., ,.........
.......... ..........
........., ,.........
........,~ ~,........