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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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