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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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