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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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