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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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