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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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#@§$%*~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~*%$§@#
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