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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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.....«%§§§ SHARING IN  OUR BLOODSTREAM.  MY  HUSKY, §§§%«.....
.~«/%$§@##      MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW...      ##@§$%/«~.
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.~«/%$§### THE  FIRST  FIVE  SHOTS  YOU  CAN  SPEND ###§$%/«~.
.~«/%$§#@@ INDISCRIMINATELY,  THEY HURT BUT DEAL NO @@#§$%/«~.
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.~«/%$§#@# NEXT FIVE  YOU  MUST SPEND  WISELY, THEY #@#§$%/«~.
.~«/%$§#@# WILL TAKE DAYS TO HEAL. THE  FINAL  FIVE #@#§$%/«~.
.~«/%$§##@ YOU    MUST   NOT    SPEND    AT    ALL. @##§$%/«~.
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.~«/%$§#@@       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       @@#§$%/«~.
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