#@£#%*^~.,                                          ,.~^*%#£@#
#@£#%*^~.,                                          ,.~^*%#£@#
£##%^~...,                                          ,...~^%##£
££%^.,,,,,                                          ,,,,,.^%££
#%*^~.,,,,                                          ,,,,.~^*%#
@££#%*^~., 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.       ,.~^***##@
#*~..,,,,,                                          ,,,,,..~*#
#@£#%*^~.,                                          ,.~^*%#£@#
£%^^~..,,,                                          ,,,..~^^%£
#@£#%*^~.,                                          ,.~^*%#£@#
@@£#%*^~.,                                          ,.~^*%#£@@