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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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