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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...      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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