###&£*†=:. .:=†*£&###
##&&£*†=:. .:=†*£&&##
&&&£**†=:. .:=†**£&&&
##&£*††=:. .:=††*£&##
&***†††=:. .:=†††***&
###&£*†=:. 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. .:=†*£&###
###&£*†=:. .:=†*£&###
#&&*†:.... ....:†*&&#
###&£*†=:. .:=†*£&###
#£*==::... ...::==*£#
####£*†=:. .:=†*£####