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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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**=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ bell-like sounds of the blinding ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=**
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##¤@**=.¨¨ indiscriminately, they hurt but deal no ¨¨.=**@¤##
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¤@**=.¨¨¨¨ next five you must spend wisely, they ¨¨¨¨.=**@¤
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**=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ you must not spend at all. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=**
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=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ weeks earlier, in the weak autumn dawn, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=
.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ in the blue-gray fog... something is ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
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