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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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