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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 #@**:,....
.,-:$*&@## INDISCRIMINATELY, THEY  HURT BUT DEAL NO ##@&*$:-,.
.,-:$*&@## LONG  TIME  DAMAGE  TO THE SHOOTER.  THE ##@&*$:-,.
.,-:$***@@ NEXT  FIVE YOU MUST  SPEND WISELY,  THEY @@***$:-,.
.,-:$*&@## WILL TAKE  DAYS TO HEAL. THE FINAL  FIVE ##@&*$:-,.
...-::$**@ YOU    MUST    NOT    SPEND    AT   ALL. @**$::-...
.,-:$*&@##                                          ##@&*$:-,.
.,-::$*&@# WEEKS  EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, #@&*$::-,.
....-:*&@@ IN  THE  BLUE-GRAY  FOG... SOMETHING  IS @@&*:-....
.,-:$*&@## BURNING  WITH  A  DEEP   CRIMSON  FLAME, ##@&*$:-,.
.,-:$*&@##       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       ##@&*$:-,.
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