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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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