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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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