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.,»^†$§¶@#  the train tracks... themselves slowly   #@¶§$†^»,.
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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 @§†^^,....
.,»^†$§§¶@ long time  damage to  the  shooter.  the @¶§§$†^»,.
....,^††§§ 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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....»^$§¶@ in  the  blue-gray  fog...  something is @¶§$^»....
.,»^†$§@## burning  with  a  deep   crimson  flame, ##@§$†^»,.
.,»^†$§¶@#       untameable by water or wind.       #@¶§$†^»,.
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