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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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