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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. ,,«*^%#@##
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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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