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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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