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