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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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