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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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¨-=/=%&&&& 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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