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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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