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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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