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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.       ¨^-;*¤¤###
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¤*-^^^^^¨¨                                          ¨¨^^^^^-*¤