,,«=%£@### ###@£%=«,,
,,,,,«=£@# #@£=«,,,,,
,,«=%£@### ###@£%=«,,
,,,,««%£@@ @@£%««,,,,
,,«==%%%@# #@%%%==«,,
,,«=%£@@## 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. @@%=««,,,,
,,«=%%££## ##££%%=«,,
,,«=%£@### ###@£%=«,,
,,«=%£@### ###@£%=«,,
,,«=%£@### ###@£%=«,,
,,,,,««%@# #@%««,,,,,