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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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