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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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¨¨¨¨.~††%# 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, †~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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