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¨¨¨¨^=:@§#                                          #§@:=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=:@§                                          §@:=^¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=: 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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