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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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