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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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