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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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