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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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