.-=/*$@@@@ @@@@$*/=-.
......=/$@ @$/=......
...===/$@@ @@$/===...
.-=/*$@@@# #@@@$*/=-.
.....-/*@# #@*/-.....
....-=/$$@ IN THE ENDLESS WINTER DAY, ON THE @$$/=-....
.-=/***@@# 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, @*/==.....
.....-/$@@ SHARING IN OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, @@$/-.....
.-=/*$$$$@ MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... @$$$$*/=-.
.-=/*$@@## ##@@$*/=-.
....-///*@ THE FIRST FIVE SHOTS YOU CAN SPEND @*///-....
...--/**$@ INDISCRIMINATELY, THEY HURT BUT DEAL NO @$**/--...
.....-=**@ LONG TIME DAMAGE TO THE SHOOTER. THE @**=-.....
...===*@@@ NEXT FIVE YOU MUST SPEND WISELY, THEY @@@*===...
.-=/*$@@## WILL TAKE DAYS TO HEAL. THE FINAL FIVE ##@@$*/=-.
.-=/*$@@@# YOU MUST NOT SPEND AT ALL. #@@@$*/=-.
...-=/***@ @***/=-...
.-=/*$@@## WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ##@@$*/=-.
.-=*$@@### IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ###@@$*=-.
....=//*@@ BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, @@*//=....
.-=/*$@@## UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ##@@$*/=-.
.-=/*$@### ###@$*/=-.
.-=/*$@@@# #@@@$*/=-.
.-=/*$$@@@ @@@$$*/=-.
.-=/*$@@## ##@@$*/=-.
.-=/*$@@## ##@@$*/=-.