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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...      ¨¨¨¨,«=§*¤
*§=«,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,«=§*
§=«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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=«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«=