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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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