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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. &&&¨&¨&&&¨
&¨¨&¨¨¨&&¨ ¨¨¨&&&&¨¨&
¨&¨&&¨¨&¨& 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. &&&&¨&¨&&¨
&¨&&¨&&¨&¨ &¨¨¨&&&&¨&
¨&&¨&&¨&&& 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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