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.-~†%$@@## In  The  Endless  Winter  Day,  On   The ##@@$%†~-.
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.-~†%$@###   The Train Tracks... Themselves Slowly  ###@$%†~-.
.-~†%$@### Snowed Over,  In The Still  Hours  Since ###@$%†~-.
.-~†%$@###          The Last Supply Train.          ###@$%†~-.
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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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