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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...      #§%§/~,,,,
,,,~/§%§##                                          ##§%§/~,,,
,,~/§%§### 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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