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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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