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,,,,,,,,,, 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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,,,,,,~\%£ GROUND. RIFLES ATTACHED TO OUR WRIST, £%\~,,,,,,
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,,,,~\%£¤# MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... #¤£%\~,,,,
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,,,~\%£¤## 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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,,,,,,,,,, IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ,,,,,,,,,,
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