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=:=....... 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...      .........=
:=........                                          ........=:
=:=....... 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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