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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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