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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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