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##@@&*=-.¨ crystal white plains... we trudge along ¨.-=*&@@##
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##@@&*=-.¨ snowed over, in the still hours since ¨.-=*&@@##
##@@&*=-.¨ 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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@@@@&*=-.¨ 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, ¨.-=*&@###
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