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##&£%†-~¨¨   the train tracks... themselves slowly  ¨¨~-†%£#
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##&£%†-~¨¨     bell-like sounds of the blinding     ¨¨~-†%£#
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##&£%†-~¨¨ 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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###&£%†-~¨ in  the blue-gray  fog...  something  is ¨~-†%£##
##&£%†-~¨¨ burning  with  a   deep  crimson  flame, ¨¨~-†%£#
#&£%†-~¨¨¨       untameable by water or wind.       ¨¨¨~-†%£
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