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.@..@@@@.@ 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 @......@@.
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@@@@@.@@.. 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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