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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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