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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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