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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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¤§$«...... WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN  DAWN, ......«$§¤
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#@@¤§$=«~. BURNING  WITH  A   DEEP  CRIMSON  FLAME, .~«=$§¤@@#
¤§=«......       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       ......«=§¤
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