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##£@§^:~,, 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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