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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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