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,,&&,,,,,, CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG &&&&&,,&&&
,,,,,&&&&& THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY &&&&,,,,&,
&&&&,,&&&, SNOWED OVER, IN THE STILL HOURS SINCE &&&,,&&,,,
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&&&,,,,&,, BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING &&,,&&,,&&
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&,,,,,,&&& SHARING IN OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY HUSKY, ,,&&&&&&,,
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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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,,,,,,&&&& IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ,,,,,,,&&&
,&&&&,,&&, BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, &&&&&&,,&,
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