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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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