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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...      ¨:=\§@§@@#
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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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