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:=,....... 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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