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.-==$*&@## IN THE ENDLESS WINTER DAY, ON THE ##@&*$==-.
.-==$$$&&& CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG &&&$$$==-.
.-==$*&¶## THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY ##¶&*$==-.
.-==$*¶@## SNOWED OVER, IN THE STILL HOURS SINCE ##@¶*$==-.
.-==$*&@## THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN. ##@&*$==-.
.-==$*¶@## ##@¶*$==-.
.-==$*&¶@# BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING #@¶&*$==-.
.-==$*&¶@# GROUND. RIFLES ATTACHED TO OUR WRIST, #@¶&*$==-.
.....-==*& SHARING IN OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, &*==-.....
.==$*&¶@## MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... ##@¶&*$==.
.-==$*&@## ##@&*$==-.
.-==$*&¶@# THE FIRST FIVE SHOTS YOU CAN SPEND #@¶&*$==-.
.-====$$&@ INDISCRIMINATELY, THEY HURT BUT DEAL NO @&$$====-.
...===*&&& 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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