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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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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