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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. ¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨
&¨&&¨&&¨&¨ ¨¨¨&&&¨&¨&
&&¨&&¨&&&¨ 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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