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###@$*=~,. CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE  TRUDGE ALONG .,~=*$@###
##@$*=~,..  THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY   ..,~=*$@##
#@$*=~,... SNOWED OVER,  IN THE STILL  HOURS  SINCE ...,~=*$@#
@$*=~,....          THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN.          ....,~=*$@
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##@$*=~,.. SHARING IN OUR  BLOODSTREAM.  MY  HUSKY, ..,~=*$@##
###@$*=~,.      MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW...      .,~=*$@###
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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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##@$*=~,.. WEEKS  EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ..,~=*$@##
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@$*=~,.... BURNING  WITH  A   DEEP  CRIMSON  FLAME, ....,~=*$@
$*=~,.....       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       .....,~=*$
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