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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. ##@@%†==:,
,:==†%#@@@ @@@#%†==:,
,,:====†## BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING ##†====:,,
,:==†%#@@@ GROUND. RIFLES ATTACHED TO OUR WRIST, @@@#%†==:,
,,,,:==%## SHARING IN OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, ##%==:,,,,
,,,,,:=†%@ MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... @%†=:,,,,,
,:==†%#@@# #@@#%†==:,
,:==†%#@## 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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