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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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