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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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