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###@£*/«,¨   the train tracks... themselves slowly  ¨,«/*£@###
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###@£*/«,¨     bell-like sounds of the blinding     ¨,«/*£@###
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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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#@£***/«,¨ in  the  blue-gray fog...  something  is ¨,«/***£@#
###@£*/«,¨ burning  with   a  deep  crimson  flame, ¨,«/*£@###
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