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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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