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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.          §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§§                                          §§¨¨§§§§§§
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§     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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