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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. ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§§
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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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