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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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