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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...      @@%%%%\-~.
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.~-%%@@### 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. ##@@%%\-~.
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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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