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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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##@$†/=,..     BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING     ..,=/†$@##
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##@$†/=,.. SHARING  IN  OUR  BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, ..,=/†$@##
#@$†/=,...      MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW...      ...,=/†$@#
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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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