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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...      ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§§
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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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