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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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