,-~\%£§#@# #@#§£%\~-,
,-~\%%£§#@ @#§£%%\~-,
,-~\%£§#@# #@#§£%\~-,
,-~\%£§#@# #@#§£%\~-,
,-~\%£§#@# #@#§£%\~-,
,-~\%£§#@@ 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. ###§£%\~-,
,-~\%£§@## ##@§£%\~-,
,,,-~~%%§@ @§%%~~-,,,
,,,,~%%£§§ §§£%%~,,,,
,,,,,-\£§# #§£\-,,,,,
,-~\%£#@## ##@#£%\~-,