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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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