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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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