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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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