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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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