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¨&&¨&&¨&¨¨ ¨¨&&¨¨¨&&¨
&¨&&¨&&&¨¨ ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
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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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&&&¨&&&&¨¨ ¨&&&&¨&¨¨&