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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. @¤^\«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«\^¤@#                                          #@¤^\«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«\^¤@## 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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