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$%:=,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,=:%$
#$%:=,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,=:%$#
@#$%:=,¨¨¨ IN  THE  ENDLESS   WINTER  DAY,  ON  THE ¨¨¨,=:%$#@
#@#$%:=,¨¨ CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE  ALONG ¨¨,=:%$#@#
##@#$%:=,¨   THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY  ¨,=:%$#@##
#@#$%:=,¨¨ SNOWED  OVER, IN THE STILL  HOURS  SINCE ¨¨,=:%$#@#
@#$%:=,¨¨¨          THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN.          ¨¨¨,=:%$#@
#$%:=,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,=:%$#
$%:=,¨¨¨¨¨     BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING     ¨¨¨¨¨,=:%$
#$%:=,¨¨¨¨ GROUND.  RIFLES ATTACHED  TO  OUR WRIST, ¨¨¨¨,=:%$#
@#$%:=,¨¨¨ SHARING IN  OUR  BLOODSTREAM. MY  HUSKY, ¨¨¨,=:%$#@
#@#$%:=,¨¨      MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW...      ¨¨,=:%$#@#
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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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