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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
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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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