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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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....:»/%§¤ 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 §%/»:.....
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....:»/%§¤ 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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