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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...      #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨¨#¨#                                          #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨##¨# 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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