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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...      ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¤                                          ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤ 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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