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@@.@@.@@@. crystal white plains... we trudge along @@@.@.@@..
.@@.@@..@@ the train tracks... themselves slowly ..@@@@.@.@
@.@@.@.@.. snowed over, in the still hours since .@...@@@@@
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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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..@..@@.@@ in the blue-gray fog... something is ......@...
.@@.@.@@.@ burning with a deep crimson flame, .....@@...
@.@@@@.@@@ untameable by water or wind. ....@.@...
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