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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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