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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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