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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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