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.^»/$¤&@## ##@&¤$/»^.
.^»/$¤&@## IN THE ENDLESS WINTER DAY, ON THE ##@&¤$/»^.
.^»/$¤&### CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ###&¤$/»^.
..^^»//$&@ THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY @&$//»^^..
...^//$&&@ SNOWED OVER, IN THE STILL HOURS SINCE @&&$//^...
.^»/$¤&@## THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN. ##@&¤$/»^.
.^»/$¤@### ###@¤$/»^.
.^»/$¤&@## BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING ##@&¤$/»^.
.^»/$¤&@## GROUND. RIFLES ATTACHED TO OUR WRIST, ##@&¤$/»^.
..^^^^»$$& SHARING IN OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, &$$»^^^^..
.^»/$¤&@## MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... ##@&¤$/»^.
.^»/$¤&@## ##@&¤$/»^.
.^»/$¤&@## THE FIRST FIVE SHOTS YOU CAN SPEND ##@&¤$/»^.
.^»/$¤¤&&# INDISCRIMINATELY, THEY HURT BUT DEAL NO #&&¤¤$/»^.
.....»//¤@ 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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