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........@@ ...@@...@.
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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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