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,,,,,,,,,, IN THE ENDLESS WINTER DAY, ON THE ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,:»=^££
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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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,,,,,,,,,, WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. ,,,,,,,,,,
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