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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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