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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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