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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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