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##@£$=~.¨¨                                          ¨¨.~=$£@##
#@£$=~.¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨.~=$£@#
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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.          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~=
$=~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ next five you must  spend  wisely,  they ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~=$
£$=~.¨¨¨¨¨ will  take days  to heal. the final five ¨¨¨¨¨.~=$£
@£$=~.¨¨¨¨ you    must   not    spend    at    all. ¨¨¨¨.~=$£@
#@£$=~.¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨.~=$£@#
##@£$=~.¨¨ weeks earlier, in  the weak autumn dawn, ¨¨.~=$£@##
###@£$=~.¨ in  the blue-gray  fog...  something  is ¨.~=$£@###
##@£$=~.¨¨ burning  with  a  deep   crimson  flame, ¨¨.~=$£@##
#@£$=~.¨¨¨       untameable by water or wind.       ¨¨¨.~=$£@#
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~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~