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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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