.^«=%¤@£##                                          ##£@¤%=«^.
.^«=%¤@£##                                          ##£@¤%=«^.
.^«=%¤@£##                                          ##£@¤%=«^.
..^^^«=%%@                                          @%%=«^^^..
.^«=%¤¤¤@£                                          £@¤¤¤%=«^.
.^«===%%¤£ 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.       ###£¤%=«^.
.....^=¤@#                                          #@¤=^.....
..^^^«=¤££                                          ££¤=«^^^..
.^«=%¤@£##                                          ##£@¤%=«^.
.^^^«=¤¤@@                                          @@¤¤=«^^^.
.^«=%¤@£##                                          ##£@¤%=«^.