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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. £&&%^=--,,
,-~=^%&&&£ £&&&%^=~-,
,-~==^^&£@ bell-like sounds of the blinding @£&^^==~-,
,-~=^%&@## ground. rifles attached to our wrist, ##@&%^=~-,
,--~==%%&& sharing in our bloodstream. my husky, &&%%==~--,
,-~=^%&£@# my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow... #@£&%^=~-,
,-~=^%&£@@ @@£&%^=~-,
,,,,,,~=%& 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. @@£&%^=~-,
,-~=^%&£@# #@£&%^=~-,
,,,,-=%%&@ 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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