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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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¨¨¨¨-=\§%@ sharing  in our  bloodstream. my  husky, @%§\=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=\§%@£      my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow...      £@%§\=-¨¨¨
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¨¨-=\§%@£# indiscriminately,  they hurt but deal no #£@%§\=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=\§%@£ long  time damage to  the  shooter.  the £@%§\=-¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨-=\§%@ you    must    not    spend    at   all. @%§\=-¨¨¨¨
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¨¨-=\§%@£# burning  with  a  deep  crimson   flame, #£@%§\=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=\§%@£       untameable by water or wind.       £@%§\=-¨¨¨
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