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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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