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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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