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¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨                                          ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
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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...      ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨                                          ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨#¨# 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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