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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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¨,«:==§§¤¤ 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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