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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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