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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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