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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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