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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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