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##@£&*^=^¨ crystal white  plains... we trudge along ¨^=^*&£@##
#@£&*^=^¨¨  the train tracks... themselves slowly   ¨¨^=^*&£@#
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#@£&*^=^¨¨          the last supply train.          ¨¨^=^*&£@#
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###@£&*^=^     bell-like sounds of the blinding     ^=^*&£@###
##@£&*^=^¨ ground.  rifles  attached to  our wrist, ¨^=^*&£@##
#@£&*^=^¨¨ sharing  in  our bloodstream. my  husky, ¨¨^=^*&£@#
@£&*^=^¨¨¨      my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow...      ¨¨¨^=^*&£@
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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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