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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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