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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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