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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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