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And
then
the
blade
came
down
.
Shadow
opened
his
eyes
and
realized
that
he
was
hungry
and
cold
,
in
an
apartment
with
a
layer
of
ice
clouding
the
inside
of
the
window
glass
.
His
frozen
breath
,
he
thought
.
He
got
out
of
bed
,
pleased
he
did
not
have
to
get
dressed
.
He
scraped
at
a
window
with
a
fingernail
as
he
passed
,
felt
the
ice
collect
under
the
nail
,
then
melt
to
water
.
He
tried
to
remember
his
dream
,
but
remembered
nothing
but
misery
and
darkness
.
He
put
on
his
shoes
.
He
figured
he
would
walk
into
the
town
center
,
walk
across
the
bridge
across
the
northern
end
of
the
lake
,
if
he
had
the
geography
of
the
town
right
.
He
put
on
his
thin
jacket
,
remembering
his
promise
to
himself
that
he
would
buy
a
warm
winter
coat
,
opened
the
apartment
door
and
stepped
out
onto
the
wooden
deck
.
The
cold
took
his
breath
away
:
he
breathed
in
,
and
felt
every
hair
in
his
nostrils
freeze
into
rigidity
.
The
deck
gave
him
a
fine
view
of
the
lake
,
irregular
patches
of
gray
surrounded
by
an
expanse
of
white
.
He
wondered
how
cold
it
was
.
The
cold
snap
had
come
,
that
was
for
sure
.
It
could
not
be
much
above
zero
,
and
it
would
not
be
a
pleasant
walk
,
but
he
was
certain
he
could
make
it
into
town
without
too
much
trouble
.
What
did
Hinzelmann
say
last
night
—
a
ten
-
minute
walk
?
And
Shadow
was
a
big
man
.
He
would
walk
briskly
and
keep
himself
warm
.
He
set
off
south
,
heading
for
the
bridge
.
Soon
he
began
to
cough
,
a
dry
,
thin
cough
,
as
the
bitterly
cold
air
touched
his
lungs
.
Soon
his
ears
and
face
and
lips
hurt
,
and
then
his
feet
hurt
.
He
thrust
his
ungloved
hands
deep
into
his
coat
pockets
,
clenched
his
fingers
together
trying
to
find
some
warmth
.
He
found
himself
remembering
Low
Key
Lyesmith
’
s
tall
tales
of
the
Minnesota
winters
—
particularly
the
one
about
a
hunter
treed
by
a
bear
during
a
hard
freeze
who
took
out
his
dick
and
pissed
an
arching
yellow
stream
of
steaming
urine
that
was
already
frozen
hard
before
it
hit
the
ground
,
then
slid
down
the
rock
-
hard
frozen
-
piss
-
pole
to
freedom
.
A
wry
smile
at
the
memory
and
another
dry
,
painful
cough
.
Step
after
step
after
step
.
He
glanced
back
.
The
apartment
building
was
not
as
far
away
as
he
had
expected
.
