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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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