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