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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. ..@.@@.@@.
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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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