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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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