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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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