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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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