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¤¤........ 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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