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¨§§¨¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨§
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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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