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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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##@&=:«,,,     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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