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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. ¨&¨¨&¨&&&¨
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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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