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¨,~:§&#### crystal white plains... we trudge along ####&§:~,¨
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¨,~:§&#@## 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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¨,~:§&#@## will take days to heal. the final five ##@#&§:~,¨
¨,~:§&#@## you must not spend at all. ##@#&§:~,¨
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