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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, ##£@%^^~^.
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.~^^%@£### BURNING  WITH   A  DEEP  CRIMSON  FLAME, ###£@%^^~.
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