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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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