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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...      §@%*=^....
...^=*%@§#                                          #§@%*=^...
..^=*%@§#@ 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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