,,,,,==%¤@ @¤%==,,,,,
,,=%%¤#@## ##@#¤%%=,,
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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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