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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. §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
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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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