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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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