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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...      §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ 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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