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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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