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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...      ¨¨,«†%&&¶#
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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. ¨¨¨,«†%&&¶
#¶&&%†«,¨¨                                          ¨¨,«†%&&¶#
##¶&&%†«,¨ 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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