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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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