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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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