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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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