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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...      ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
¨§§¨¨§§§§¨                                          §§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ 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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