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