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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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