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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ 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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