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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. &¨¨&¨&&¨¨¨
¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨ &&¨¨¨&&&¨¨
¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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