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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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