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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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