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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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