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###&$*†~~¨ CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ¨~~†*$&###
##&$*†~~¨¨ THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY ¨¨~~†*$&##
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&$*†~~¨¨¨¨ THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN. ¨¨¨¨~~†*$&
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†~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~†
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$*†~~¨¨¨¨¨ LONG TIME DAMAGE TO THE SHOOTER. THE ¨¨¨¨¨~~†*$
&$*†~~¨¨¨¨ NEXT FIVE YOU MUST SPEND WISELY, THEY ¨¨¨¨~~†*$&
#&$*†~~¨¨¨ WILL TAKE DAYS TO HEAL. THE FINAL FIVE ¨¨¨~~†*$&#
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&$*†~~¨¨¨¨ BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ¨¨¨¨~~†*$&
$*†~~¨¨¨¨¨ UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ¨¨¨¨¨~~†*$
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