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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... @££&\---..
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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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