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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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