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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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