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,,,«««=### 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 ##&&&=/«-,
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,-«=&##### 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, ####&=/«-,
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