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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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