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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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