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¨¨¨¨^-;*£@ 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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