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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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