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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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