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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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