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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. @#¤§:--,,,
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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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