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,^-†*£§### 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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,^-†*£§### in  the  blue-gray fog...  something  is ###§£*†-^,
,^-†*£§### burning  with   a  deep  crimson  flame, ###§£*†-^,
,^-†*£§###       untameable by water or wind.       ###§£*†-^,
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