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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... ¨¨¨¨&¨¨&¨&
&¨&&&&&&¨¨ ¨¨¨¨&&¨&&&
¨&&¨¨¨¨¨&¨ 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. ¨&&&¨¨&¨¨&
¨¨¨¨&&&&¨¨ ¨&¨¨&¨&&¨&
&¨¨¨&¨¨¨&¨ 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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