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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... ,,~=\^%@@#
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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. ,,,~=\^%@@
@%^\=~,,,, ,,,,~=\^%@
@@%^\=~,,, 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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