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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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