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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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