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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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