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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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