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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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