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#@#£%\«,¨¨  the train tracks... themselves slowly   ¨¨,«\%£#@#
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#£%\«,¨¨¨¨          the last supply train.          ¨¨¨¨,«\%£#
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@#£%\«,¨¨¨ 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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