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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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