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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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