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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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