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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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