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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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