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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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