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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...      §@@@@§*=,,
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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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