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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. .........¤
¤¤¤¤....¤. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤..
.¤¤..¤¤... 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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