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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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