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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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