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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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