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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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