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¨¨¨¨¨~*£&# crystal white plains...  we trudge along #&£*~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~=*%£&###   the train tracks... themselves slowly  ###&£%*=~¨
¨~=*%£&### snowed  over,  in the still  hours since ###&£%*=~¨
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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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