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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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