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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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