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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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,-»††%&@## ##@&%††»-,
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