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,^~:%¤@#@# #@#@¤%:~^,
,^~:%¤@#@# #@#@¤%:~^,
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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. @@#@¤%:~^,
,^~:%%%¤¤@ @¤¤%%%:~^,
,^~:%¤@#@@ 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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