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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.          #¶§*†=^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†*§¶                                          ¶§*†=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=†*§     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. #¶§*†=^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†*§¶                                          ¶§*†=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=†*§ 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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