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,:=/%§¤¶## CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ##¶¤§%/=:,
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,:=/%§¤¤¶# SNOWED OVER, IN THE STILL HOURS SINCE #¶¤¤§%/=:,
,:=/%§§§¤¤ THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN. ¤¤§§§%/=:,
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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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,:=/%§¤¶¶# BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, #¶¶¤§%/=:,
,:=/%§¤### UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ###¤§%/=:,
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