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###&:===,¨ CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS...  WE TRUDGE ALONG ¨,===:&###
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#@##&$:=,¨ SNOWED  OVER, IN  THE STILL  HOURS SINCE ¨,=:$&##@#
#@##&$:=,¨          THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN.          ¨,=:$&##@#
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####&$:=,¨     BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING     ¨,=:$&####
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####&$:=,¨      MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW...      ¨,=:$&####
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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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