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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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