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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...      ¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨
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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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