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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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