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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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§§§§¨¨§§§§ in the blue-gray fog... something is §§§§§§§§§§
§§§¨¨¨¨§§¨ burning with a deep crimson flame, ¨§§§§§§§§§
§§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ untameable by water or wind. ¨¨§§§§§§§§
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