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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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