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£†^~,¨¨¨¨¨ 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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