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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. ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§
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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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