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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...      &*†††-~...
.~-†***&&&                                          &&&***†-~.
.~-†***&## 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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