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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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,,,,~~†=%¶ BURNING   WITH  A  DEEP  CRIMSON  FLAME, ¶%=†~~,,,,
,,~†=%@###       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       ###@%=†~,,
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