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&$\»^¨¨¨¨¨ my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow... ¨¨¨¨¨^»\$&
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ you must not spend at all. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ in the blue-gray fog... something is ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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\»^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ untameable by water or wind. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^»\
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