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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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