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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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