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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, ,-«†§@@@##
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@@††«--,,, BURNING  WITH  A  DEEP   CRIMSON  FLAME, ,,,--«††@@
###@@§†«-,       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       ,-«†§@@###
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