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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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