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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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