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,:~\%¤@¶## ##¶@¤%\~:,
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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. @¤%\\\~,,,
,,:~~~%@¶# #¶@%~~~:,,
,:~\%@¶### 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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