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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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