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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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