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¶@&††«,,,, CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ,,,,«††&@¶
#¶@&††«,,, THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY ,,,«††&@¶#
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#¶@&††«,,, SHARING IN OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, ,,,«††&@¶#
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¶@&††«,,,, 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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#¶@&††«,,, BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ,,,«††&@¶#
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