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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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨ 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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¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§