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#@#§$=/~^, CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE  ALONG ,^~/=$§#@#
#@#§$=/~^,   THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY  ,^~/=$§#@#
#@#§$=/~^, SNOWED  OVER,  IN  THE STILL HOURS SINCE ,^~/=$§#@#
#§==/~~^^,          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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§$//^,,,,, THE  FIRST  FIVE  SHOTS  YOU  CAN  SPEND ,,,,,^//$§
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@§=//~,,,, LONG  TIME  DAMAGE TO  THE  SHOOTER. THE ,,,,~//=§@
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#@#§$=/~^, WILL TAKE DAYS TO HEAL.  THE  FINAL FIVE ,^~/=$§#@#
§§=///^,,, YOU    MUST    NOT    SPEND    AT   ALL. ,,,^///=§§
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§$$//~~,,, WEEKS EARLIER,  IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ,,,~~//$$§
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#@#§$=/~^,       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       ,^~/=$§#@#
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