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##££%^=~.¨     bell-like sounds of the blinding     ¨.~=^%££##
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##££%^=~.¨      my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow...      ¨.~=^%££##
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##££%^=~.¨ the  first  five  shots  you  can  spend ¨.~=^%££##
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##££%^=~.¨ will take days to  heal.  the final five ¨.~=^%££##
##££%^=~.¨ you    must   not    spend    at    all. ¨.~=^%££##
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