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