#@@@&%==,¨ ¨,==%&@@@#
@@@&%==,¨¨ ¨¨,==%&@@@
@@&%==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==%&@@
@@@&%==,¨¨ ¨¨,==%&@@@
#@@@&%==,¨ ¨,==%&@@@#
@@@&%==,¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨,==%&@@
@@@&%==,¨¨ ¨¨,==%&@@@
#@@@&%==,¨ ¨,==%&@@@#
@@@&%==,¨¨ ¨¨,==%&@@@
@@&%==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==%&@@
@@@&%==,¨¨ ¨¨,==%&@@@