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¨,~^*¤&### in the endless winter day, on the ###&¤*^~,¨
¨,~^*¤&### crystal white plains... we trudge along ###&¤*^~,¨
¨,~^*¤&### the train tracks... themselves slowly ###&¤*^~,¨
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¨,~^*¤&### 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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¨,~^*¤&### 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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¨,~^*¤&### in the blue-gray fog... something is ###&¤*^~,¨
¨,~^*¤&### burning with a deep crimson flame, ###&¤*^~,¨
¨,~^*¤¤¤&# untameable by water or wind. #&¤¤¤*^~,¨
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