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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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