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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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