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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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