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,:»*$¤@### in the endless winter day, on the ###@¤$*»:,
,:»*$¤@### crystal white plains... we trudge along ###@¤$*»:,
,,,,:»$¤@# the train tracks... themselves slowly #@¤$»:,,,,
,:»»»»»$@# snowed over, in the still hours since #@$»»»»»:,
,:»*$¤@### the last supply train. ###@¤$*»:,
,:»*$¤@### ###@¤$*»:,
,:»*$¤@### bell-like sounds of the blinding ###@¤$*»:,
,,,,,,,»$@ ground. rifles attached to our wrist, @$»,,,,,,,
,:»*$¤@### sharing in our bloodstream. my husky, ###@¤$*»:,
,:»*$¤@### my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow... ###@¤$*»:,
,:»»»$$@## ##@$$»»»:,
,:»*$¤@### the first five shots you can spend ###@¤$*»:,
,,,,,»**$@ indiscriminately, they hurt but deal no @$**»,,,,,
,:»*$¤@### long time damage to the shooter. the ###@¤$*»:,
,,,,,»*$¤# next five you must spend wisely, they #¤$*»,,,,,
,:»*$¤@### will take days to heal. the final five ###@¤$*»:,
,:»*$¤@### you must not spend at all. ###@¤$*»:,
,,,,»$$¤## ##¤$$»,,,,
,,,,:***$@ weeks earlier, in the weak autumn dawn, @$***:,,,,
,:»*$¤@### in the blue-gray fog... something is ###@¤$*»:,
,:»*$¤@### burning with a deep crimson flame, ###@¤$*»:,
,:»*$¤@### untameable by water or wind. ###@¤$*»:,
,:»*$¤¤@## ##@¤¤$*»:,
,,,,,»$$@# #@$$»,,,,,
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