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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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§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
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