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¨##¨#¨#¨¨# 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.          ¨¨#¨#¨¨#¨#
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¨##¨#¨#¨#¨     BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING     ¨¨#¨#¨¨#¨#
¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ GROUND.  RIFLES ATTACHED TO  OUR  WRIST, ¨##¨#¨##¨#
¨##¨#¨#¨#¨ SHARING  IN OUR  BLOODSTREAM.  MY HUSKY, ¨¨#¨#¨¨#¨#
¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨      MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW...      ¨##¨#¨##¨#
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¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ 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. ¨¨#¨#¨¨#¨#
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¨##¨#¨#¨#¨ 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.       ¨##¨#¨##¨#
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