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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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