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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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