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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...      §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
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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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