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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...      #@@@£*/~.¨
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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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