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###&$†:-,¨                                          ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨ IN  THE   ENDLESS  WINTER  DAY,  ON  THE ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨ CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE  ALONG ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨   THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY  ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨ SNOWED OVER, IN  THE  STILL  HOURS SINCE ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨          THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN.          ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨                                          ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨     BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING     ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨ GROUND. RIFLES  ATTACHED  TO OUR  WRIST, ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨ SHARING  IN  OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY  HUSKY, ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨      MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW...      ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨                                          ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨ THE  FIRST  FIVE  SHOTS  YOU  CAN  SPEND ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨ INDISCRIMINATELY, THEY HURT BUT DEAL  NO ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨ LONG  TIME  DAMAGE TO THE  SHOOTER.  THE ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨ NEXT FIVE  YOU  MUST  SPEND WISELY, THEY ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨ WILL TAKE  DAYS TO HEAL. THE FINAL  FIVE ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨ YOU    MUST    NOT    SPEND    AT   ALL. ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨                                          ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨ WEEKS EARLIER,  IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨ IN  THE BLUE-GRAY  FOG...  SOMETHING  IS ¨,-:†$&###
##&$†:-,¨¨ BURNING  WITH  A  DEEP  CRIMSON   FLAME, ¨¨,-:†$&##
###&$†:-,¨       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       ¨,-:†$&###
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