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.....«\*$§ In  The  Endless  Winter   Day,  On  The §$*\«.....
....«\*$§@ Crystal White Plains... We  Trudge Along @§$*\«....
...«\*$§@#   The Train Tracks... Themselves Slowly  #@§$*\«...
..«\*$§@## Snowed Over, In  The  Still Hours  Since ##@§$*\«..
...«\*$§@#          The Last Supply Train.          #@§$*\«...
....«\*$§@                                          @§$*\«....
.....«\*$§     Bell-Like Sounds Of The Blinding     §$*\«.....
......«\*$ 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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