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¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨                                          ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
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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. ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
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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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