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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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