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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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