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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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