¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ 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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¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
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