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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. @&¤*/=....
.....=/*¤& &¤*/=.....
......=/*¤ 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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