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#@£=*«-¨¨¨ crystal white  plains... we trudge along ¨¨¨-«*=£@#
##@£=*«-¨¨   the train tracks... themselves slowly  ¨¨-«*=£@##
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##@£=*«-¨¨          the last supply train.          ¨¨-«*=£@##
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#@£=*«-¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨-«*=£@#
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#@£=*«-¨¨¨ 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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#@£=*«-¨¨¨ in  the  blue-gray  fog... something  is ¨¨¨-«*=£@#
##@£=*«-¨¨ burning  with  a  deep  crimson   flame, ¨¨-«*=£@##
###@£=*«-¨       untameable by water or wind.       ¨-«*=£@###
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