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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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