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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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