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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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