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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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