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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...      ¨¨^-:†%§##
#§%†:-^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^-:†%§#
##§%†:-^¨¨ 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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