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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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