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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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