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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...      #¶#$†\-,,,
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,,,-\†$#¶# 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. ¶#$†\-,,,,
,,,-\†$#¶#                                          #¶#$†\-,,,
,,-\†$#¶## 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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