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