####¤†;«:¨ ¨:«;†¤####
###¤†;«:¨¨ ¨¨:«;†¤###
##¤†;«:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:«;†¤##
#¤†;«:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:«;†¤#
¤†;«:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:«;†¤
†;«:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«;
†;«:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«;†
¤†;«:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:«;†¤
#¤†;«:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:«;†¤#
##¤†;«:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:«;†¤##
###¤†;«:¨¨ ¨¨:«;†¤###