,,,==**¤@# #@¤**==,,,
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,==*$¤@### ###@¤$*==,
,,,,==*$@@ IN THE ENDLESS WINTER DAY, ON THE @@$*==,,,,
,,==*$¤@## CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ##@¤$*==,,
,,==*$¤@## THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY ##@¤$*==,,
,,==*$¤@## SNOWED OVER, IN THE STILL HOURS SINCE ##@¤$*==,,
,,==$¤@### THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN. ###@¤$==,,
,,,,=**$@@ @@$**=,,,,
,,==*$¤@## BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING ##@¤$*==,,
,,,,,,==*¤ GROUND. RIFLES ATTACHED TO OUR WRIST, ¤*==,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=$@ SHARING IN OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, @$=,,,,,,,
,,==*$¤@@# MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... #@@¤$*==,,
,,,,,,=*$¤ ¤$*=,,,,,,
,,,,==*$@# THE FIRST FIVE SHOTS YOU CAN SPEND #@$*==,,,,
,,==*$¤@## INDISCRIMINATELY, THEY HURT BUT DEAL NO ##@¤$*==,,
,,==*$¤@## LONG TIME DAMAGE TO THE SHOOTER. THE ##@¤$*==,,
,,,,,,=*$¤ NEXT FIVE YOU MUST SPEND WISELY, THEY ¤$*=,,,,,,
,,==*$@### WILL TAKE DAYS TO HEAL. THE FINAL FIVE ###@$*==,,
,,,,,==*$@ YOU MUST NOT SPEND AT ALL. @$*==,,,,,
,,==*$¤@## ##@¤$*==,,
,,==*$¤@## WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ##@¤$*==,,
,,,,,,==*¤ IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ¤*==,,,,,,
,,,,==*¤¤# BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, #¤¤*==,,,,
,,,,,,==$¤ UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ¤$==,,,,,,
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