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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, @*/=,,,,,,
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,-=/%*§@## BURNING  WITH   A  DEEP  CRIMSON  FLAME, ##@§*%/=-,
,-=/%*§@##       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       ##@§*%/=-,
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