¨¨¨¨¨~~*## ##*~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~/*@#@@# #@@#@*/~:¨
¨:~/*@@@@@ @@@@@*/~:¨
¨:~////@## ##@////~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~**# #**~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~/*@#@## 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. @@/::¨¨¨¨¨
¨::::~~*## ##*~~::::¨
¨¨¨¨~**@@@ @@@**~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:////@# #@////:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~*@@ @@*~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~/*@#@## ##@#@*/~:¨