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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...      ##£¤@%~^,,
,^~%@¤£###                                          ###£¤@%~^,
,,^~%@¤£## 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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