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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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