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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 ¨¨¨¨,-\^¤@
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#@@¤^\-,¨¨ NEXT FIVE YOU MUST SPEND WISELY, THEY ¨¨,-\^¤@@#
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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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