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%$-^,,,,,, IN THE ENDLESS WINTER DAY, ON THE ,,,,,,^-$%
¤%$-^,,,,, CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ,,,,,^-$%¤
#¤%$-^,,,, THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY ,,,,^-$%¤#
##¤%$-^,,, SNOWED OVER, IN THE STILL HOURS SINCE ,,,^-$%¤##
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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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