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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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