#¶@*===,,, ,,,===*@¶#
##¶&@*^=., ,.=^*@&¶##
&@^=,,,,,, ,,,,,,=^@&
##¶&@*^=., ,.=^*@&¶##
##¶&@*^=., ,.=^*@&¶##
¶&@@@*^=., 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. ,.=^*@¶###
&**^^^=,,, ,,,=^^^**&
##¶&@*^=., ,.=^*@&¶##
¶&@^=.,,,, ,,,,.=^@&¶
##¶&@*^=., ,.=^*@&¶##
###&@*^=., ,.=^*@&###