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###†*-:¨¨¨ crystal white plains... we trudge along ¨¨¨:-*†###
##†*-:¨¨¨¨ the train tracks... themselves slowly ¨¨¨¨:-*†##
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-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ bell-like sounds of the blinding ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##†*-:¨¨¨¨ weeks earlier, in the weak autumn dawn, ¨¨¨¨:-*†##
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