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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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