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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. ###§@*^~-,
,-~^*@§§§#                                          #§§§@*^~-,
,-~^*@§### 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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