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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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