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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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