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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 ¨¨,«^^¤¤@#
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¤¤^^«,¨¨¨¨ 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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