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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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