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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...      ¤¤,,,,,,¤¤
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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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