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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...      %*\«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«\*%&                                          &%*\«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«\*%&# 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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