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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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