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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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