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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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...^~%£££# in  the  blue-gray  fog...  something is #£££%~^...
....^~%£££ burning   with  a  deep  crimson  flame, £££%~^....
.....^~%££       untameable by water or wind.       ££%~^.....
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