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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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