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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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