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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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