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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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