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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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