@@%/^^.... ....^^/%@@
#@@%/«^... ...^«/%@@#
##@@%†/«^. .^«/†%@@##
#@††††/«^. .^«/††††@#
##@@%†/«^. .^«/†%@@##
##@@%†/«^. 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. .^«/††††@@
##@@%†/«^. .^«/†%@@##
##@@%†/«^. .^«/†%@@##
@@††«^^... ...^^«††@@
##@@%†/«^. .^«/†%@@##
###@%†/«^. .^«/†%@###