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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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