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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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