¨¨¨¨--\$*&                                          &*$\--¨¨¨¨
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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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