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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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