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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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