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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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