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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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-\=
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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 ¨¨¨,-\=@¤#
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\-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-\
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
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