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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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