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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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