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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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