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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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