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&.&&...&.. crystal white plains... we trudge along .&....&...
..&&&...&. the train tracks... themselves slowly ..&....&..
..&.&&...& 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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....&...&. my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow... &..&.&&..&
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..&....&.. 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, ......&.&&
&..&.&&..& in the blue-gray fog... something is ........&&
&&...&&&.. burning with a deep crimson flame, ........&.
&&&..&.&&. untameable by water or wind. &.........
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