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