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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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