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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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