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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, ¨¨¨¨¨::;&@
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@†==:¨¨¨¨¨ BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ¨¨¨¨¨:==†@
@&††;:::¨¨ UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ¨¨:::;††&@
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