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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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