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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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