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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. ###&%=^~,,
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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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