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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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@$%%^~,,,, the  first  five  shots  you  can  spend ,,,,~^%%$@
##¶@$%^=~, indiscriminately,  they hurt but deal no ,~=^%$@¶##
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##¶@$%^=~, you    must   not    spend    at    all. ,~=^%$@¶##
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##¶@$%^=~, weeks earlier, in the weak autumn  dawn, ,~=^%$@¶##
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##¶@$%^=~, burning  with  a  deep  crimson   flame, ,~=^%$@¶##
##¶@$%^=~,       untameable by water or wind.       ,~=^%$@¶##
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