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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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