@¤@^:»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»:^@¤@
¤@^:»¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨»:^@¤
@^:»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»:^@
¤@^:»¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨»:^@¤
@¤@^:»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»:^@¤@
@@¤@^:»¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨»:^@¤@@#
##@@¤@^:»¨ ¨»:^@¤@@##
#@@¤@^:»¨¨ ¨¨»:^@¤@@#
@@¤@^:»¨¨¨ ¨¨¨»:^@¤@@
@¤@^:»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»:^@¤@
¤@^:»¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨»:^@¤