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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. #&:~,,,,,,
,~~:§&¤#@# #@#¤&§:~~,
,~~~~:§¤¤@ 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. #@#¤&§:~~,
,,,,,,~:§¤ ¤§:~,,,,,,
,~~§&¤#@## 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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