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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...      ¨,-†*§&###
###&§*†-,¨                                          ¨,-†*§&###
##§§*††-,¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨,,-*&#
#&&&§*†-,¨                                          ¨,-†*§&&&#
#§*†-,,¨¨¨ 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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