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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.          ¨¨§§¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     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. §§§§§§§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§§§§§§§¨¨
§§§§§§§§§§ 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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