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¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§ 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     ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§§
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§§¨§§§§¨¨¨ 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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