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