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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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