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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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