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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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