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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...      §¨§¨§¨§§§§
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§§§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§ 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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