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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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