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