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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... ;~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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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