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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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