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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.       @¤$†=-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-=†$¤                                          ¤$†=-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-=†$                                          $†=-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=†                                          †=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=                                          =-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=†                                          †=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨