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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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