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*^=,,,,,,, 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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