¨¨¨¨¨¨,«=*                                          *=«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«=                                          =«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«=*                                          *=«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«=*¤                                          ¤*=«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«=*¤#                                          #¤*=«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«=*¤## 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.       *=«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«=*¤                                          ¤*=«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«=*¤#                                          #¤*=«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«=*¤##                                          ##¤*=«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«=*¤###                                          ###¤*=«,¨¨
¨,«=*¤####                                          ####¤*=«,¨