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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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