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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... ##@¤%^*=.,
,,.=*^%¤@# #@¤%^*=.,,
,,,.=*^%¤@ 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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