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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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