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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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