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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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