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