¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨                                          §¨§§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§§¨                                          §§§¨§§¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§§¨§§¨¨
§§¨¨§¨¨§¨§                                          §§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§§¨§§§                                          ¨¨§§§§¨§§§
¨§§§§¨§§¨¨ 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.       §¨§§§§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§                                          §§§§§¨§§¨§
¨§¨¨§§¨§§§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨§§
§§§¨§¨§§¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨§§¨