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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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