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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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