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#¶#%†/-,¨¨ 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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¶#%†/-,¨¨¨ weeks earlier, in the weak autumn dawn, ¨¨¨,-/†%#¶
#¶#%†/-,¨¨ in the blue-gray fog... something is ¨¨,-/†%#¶#
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