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#¶#§§=~:¨¨                                          ¨¨:~=§§#¶#
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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.          ¨¨¨¨:~=§§#
¶#§§=~:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:~=§§#¶
#¶#§§=~:¨¨     bell-like sounds of the blinding     ¨¨:~=§§#¶#
##¶#§§=~:¨ ground.  rifles attached to  our  wrist, ¨:~=§§#¶##
#¶#§§=~:¨¨ sharing  in  our  bloodstream. my husky, ¨¨:~=§§#¶#
¶#§§=~:¨¨¨      my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow...      ¨¨¨:~=§§#¶
#§§=~:¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨:~=§§#
¶#§§=~:¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨:~=§§#
¶#§§=~:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:~=§§#¶
#¶#§§=~:¨¨ 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.       ¨¨¨:~=§§#¶
#§§=~:¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨:~=§§#
¶#§§=~:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:~=§§#¶
#¶#§§=~:¨¨                                          ¨¨:~=§§#¶#
##¶#§§=~:¨                                          ¨:~=§§#¶##
#¶#§§=~:¨¨                                          ¨¨:~=§§#¶#