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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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¨¨¨¨:=†¤§§                                          §§¤†=:¨¨¨¨
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