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,#####,,## in   the  endless  winter  day,  on  the #,,,,#,,#,
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,,,,#,,##, ground. rifles  attached to  our  wrist, ##,,##,,##
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,,,,#####,      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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####,,#,,, in the  blue-gray  fog...  something  is ,,####,,,,
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