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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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#¶§$†*=,¨¨ BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING ¨¨,=*†$§¶#
##¶§$†*=,¨ GROUND. RIFLES ATTACHED TO OUR WRIST, ¨,=*†$§¶##
#¶§$†*=,¨¨ SHARING IN OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, ¨¨,=*†$§¶#
¶§$†*=,¨¨¨ MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... ¨¨¨,=*†$§¶
§$†*=,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,=*†$§
$†*=,¨¨¨¨¨ THE FIRST FIVE SHOTS YOU CAN SPEND ¨¨¨¨¨,=*†$
†*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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