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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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,,=:%§§#@# IN  THE  BLUE-GRAY  FOG...  SOMETHING IS #@#§§%:=,,
,,=:%§§#@# BURNING  WITH  A  DEEP  CRIMSON   FLAME, #@#§§%:=,,
,,=:%§§###       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       ###§§%:=,,
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