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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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¨§§¨§§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§