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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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#@#§$*†=^¨ THE FIRST FIVE SHOTS YOU CAN SPEND ¨^=†*$§#@#
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#§$*†=^¨¨¨ LONG TIME DAMAGE TO THE SHOOTER. THE ¨¨¨^=†*$§#
§$*†=^¨¨¨¨ NEXT FIVE YOU MUST SPEND WISELY, THEY ¨¨¨¨^=†*$§
$*†=^¨¨¨¨¨ WILL TAKE DAYS TO HEAL. THE FINAL FIVE ¨¨¨¨¨^=†*$
*†=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOU MUST NOT SPEND AT ALL. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=†*
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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=
†=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=†
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