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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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