,,,,,\=$## ##$=\,,,,,
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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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,,,-\\=$@# #@$=\\-,,,