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§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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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