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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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