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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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