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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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