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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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