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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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