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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, ,,:=;%*@@#
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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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