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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. ####¤*/~^,
,^~/*¤#### ####¤*/~^,
,,,,,~*¤## 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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