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