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,,,,~\\%%£ £%%\\~,,,,
,~~\%%¤@## ##@¤%%\~~,
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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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,~~\%%¤£@# #@£¤%%\~~,
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