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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...      ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ 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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