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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...      ¨§§§¨§¨§¨¨
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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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