##@#&§$=~¨ ¨~=$§&#@##
#@#&§$=~¨¨ ¨¨~=$§&#@#
@#&§$=~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~=$§&#@
#&§$=~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~=$§&#
&§$=~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~=$§&
§$=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ IN THE ENDLESS WINTER DAY, ON THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=$§
$=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=$
=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=
$=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WILL TAKE DAYS TO HEAL. THE FINAL FIVE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=$
§$=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOU MUST NOT SPEND AT ALL. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=$§
&§$=~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~=$§&
#&§$=~¨¨¨¨ WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ¨¨¨¨~=$§&#
@#&§$=~¨¨¨ IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ¨¨¨~=$§&#@
#@#&§$=~¨¨ BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ¨¨~=$§&#@#
##@#&§$=~¨ UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ¨~=$§&#@##
#@#&§$=~¨¨ ¨¨~=$§&#@#
@#&§$=~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~=$§&#@
#&§$=~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~=$§&#
&§$=~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~=$§&
§$=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=$§