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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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