###§%%\«^.                                          .^«\%%§###
##§%%\«^..                                          ..^«\%%§##
#§%%\«^...                                          ...^«\%%§#
##§%%\«^..                                          ..^«\%%§##
###§%%\«^.                                          .^«\%%§###
##§%%\«^.. 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.       ...^«\%%§#
##§%%\«^..                                          ..^«\%%§##
###§%%\«^.                                          .^«\%%§###
##§%%\«^..                                          ..^«\%%§##
#§%%\«^...                                          ...^«\%%§#
##§%%\«^..                                          ..^«\%%§##