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,,=^=$¤¶@# #@¶¤$=^=,,
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,,=^=$¤¶@# IN THE ENDLESS WINTER DAY, ON THE #@¶¤$=^=,,
,,=^=$¤¶@# CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG #@¶¤$=^=,,
,,,,,==¤¤@ THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY @¤¤==,,,,,
,,,,,,,^$¤ SNOWED OVER, IN THE STILL HOURS SINCE ¤$^,,,,,,,
,,=^=$¤¶@@ THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN. @@¶¤$=^=,,
,,,,==$¤¤@ @¤¤$==,,,,
,,,,,,,==¤ BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING ¤==,,,,,,,
,,=^=$¤¶¶@ GROUND. RIFLES ATTACHED TO OUR WRIST, @¶¶¤$=^=,,
,,=^=$¤¶@# SHARING IN OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, #@¶¤$=^=,,
,,=^=$$$¤¤ MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... ¤¤$$$=^=,,
,,=^=$¤¤¤¶ ¶¤¤¤$=^=,,
,,=^=$¤¶@# THE FIRST FIVE SHOTS YOU CAN SPEND #@¶¤$=^=,,
,,=^=$¤¤¶@ INDISCRIMINATELY, THEY HURT BUT DEAL NO @¶¤¤$=^=,,
,,=^=$¤¶@# LONG TIME DAMAGE TO THE SHOOTER. THE #@¶¤$=^=,,
,,,,,^==¤¶ NEXT FIVE YOU MUST SPEND WISELY, THEY ¶¤==^,,,,,
,,=^=$¤¶@@ WILL TAKE DAYS TO HEAL. THE FINAL FIVE @@¶¤$=^=,,
,,,,==^$$¤ YOU MUST NOT SPEND AT ALL. ¤$$^==,,,,
,,,,==^$¤@ @¤$^==,,,,
,,,,,^$¤¤¤ WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ¤¤¤$^,,,,,
,,=^=$¤¶## IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ##¶¤$=^=,,
,,,,,^==¤¶ BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ¶¤==^,,,,,
,,=^=$¤¶@# UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. #@¶¤$=^=,,
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