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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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