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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. ¨¨:-§@##@#
##@##@§-:¨                                          ¨:-§@##@##
#@##@§-:¨¨ 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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