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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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