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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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