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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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