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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 ,,,,,,=*&@
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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, ,,-=**&@##
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