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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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