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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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