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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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