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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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.,-/*&#@## 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, #@#&*=/-,.
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