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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.          #&===.....
.-=====&&&                                          &&&=====-.
......==&@     Bell-Like Sounds Of The Blinding     @&==......
.-===§&#@# Ground.  Rifles Attached  To  Our Wrist, #@#&§===-.
.-===§#@## Sharing In  Our Bloodstream.  My  Husky, ##@#§===-.
....--=§&@      My Warm-Coffee-In-Cold-Snow...      @&§=--....
.-===§&&&@                                          @&&&§===-.
.....==&## 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. #&§=-.....
.-===§&#@#                                          #@#&§===-.
.-==§&#@## 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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