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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...      §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
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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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