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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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