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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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