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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.          @@§@@*^--.
.--^*@§@@#                                          #@@§@*^--.
....-*@@@@     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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