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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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