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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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