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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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