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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 ,~~**§#@@#
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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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