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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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