¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/
*/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/*
¤*/~:¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨:~/*¤#
¶#¤*/~:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~/*¤#¶
@¶#¤*/~:¨¨ ¨¨:~/*¤#¶@
#@¶#¤*/~:¨ ¨:~/*¤#¶@#
@¶#¤*/~:¨¨ ¨¨:~/*¤#¶@
¶#¤*/~:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~/*¤#¶