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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. #¶¤%§*~^,,
,^~*§%¤¶## ##¶¤%§*~^,
,,^~*§%¤¶# 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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