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¨,=†$$§### in  the  endless   winter  day,  on  the ###§$$†=,¨
¨,,===$$$§ crystal  white plains... we trudge along §$$$===,,¨
¨,=†$$§###  the train tracks... themselves slowly   ###§$$†=,¨
¨,=†$$§### snowed over, in  the still  hours  since ###§$$†=,¨
¨,=†$$§###          the last supply train.          ###§$$†=,¨
¨,=†$$§###                                          ###§$$†=,¨
¨,=†$$§###     bell-like sounds of the blinding     ###§$$†=,¨
¨¨¨¨,,,†$# ground. rifles  attached to  our  wrist, #$†,,,¨¨¨¨
¨,=†$$§### sharing  in  our  bloodstream. my husky, ###§$$†=,¨
¨,==†$$$$#      my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow...      #$$$$†==,¨
¨,=†$$§###                                          ###§$$†=,¨
¨,=†$$§### 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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