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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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