†\~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~\†
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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...      ¨¨,~\†¤§@#
@§¤†\~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~\†¤§@
§¤†\~,¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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