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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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