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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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