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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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