...~=†%£##                                          ##£%†=~...
..~=†%£###                                          ###£%†=~..
...~=†%£##                                          ##£%†=~...
....~=†%£#                                          #£%†=~....
.....~=†%£                                          £%†=~.....
......~=†% 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.       ##£%†=~...
....~=†%£#                                          #£%†=~....
.....~=†%£                                          £%†=~.....
......~=†%                                          %†=~......
.....~=†%£                                          £%†=~.....
....~=†%£#                                          #£%†=~....