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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...      &&¨¨&&¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨&&&&&&                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&&¨
&&&¨¨&&&&& 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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