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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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