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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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,,~:§¤£### 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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