#@&§%:«,..                                          ..,«:%§&@#
##@&§%:«,.                                          .,«:%§&@##
#@&§%:«,..                                          ..,«:%§&@#
@&§%:«,...                                          ...,«:%§&@
#@&§%:«,..                                          ..,«:%§&@#
##@&§%:«,. 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.       ..,«:%§&@#
@&§%:«,...                                          ...,«:%§&@
#@&§%:«,..                                          ..,«:%§&@#
##@&§%:«,.                                          .,«:%§&@##
#@&§%:«,..                                          ..,«:%§&@#
@&§%:«,...                                          ...,«:%§&@