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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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