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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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