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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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