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.....-:†## in the endless winter day, on the ##†:-.....
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...-:††¤## 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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..-:†¤#### 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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..-:†¤#### in the blue-gray fog... something is ####¤†:-..
..-:†¤#### burning with a deep crimson flame, ####¤†:-..
..-:†¤¤### untameable by water or wind. ###¤¤†:-..
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