,,,~-*$$#@ @#$$*-~,,,
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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. @#*-,,,,,,
,~-**$##@# #@##$**-~,
,,,,,-**$# #$**-,,,,,
,~-**$#### ####$**-~,
,~-**$##@# #@##$**-~,
,~-***$### ###$***-~,