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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...      §§§¨§§§§¨§
¨§§¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨¨§§¨
§¨§§§¨§§¨¨ 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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