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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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