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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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