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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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.,=:%£#@## 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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.,=:%£#@## weeks earlier, in the  weak autumn dawn, ##@#£%:=,.
.,=:%£#@## in  the  blue-gray  fog... something  is ##@#£%:=,.
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