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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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