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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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#@§$$^-,¨¨     BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING     ¨¨,-^$$§@#
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#@§$$^-,¨¨ SHARING IN OUR  BLOODSTREAM.  MY  HUSKY, ¨¨,-^$$§@#
##@§$$^-,¨      MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW...      ¨,-^$$§@##
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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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#@§$$^-,¨¨ WEEKS  EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ¨¨,-^$$§@#
##@§$$^-,¨ IN  THE  BLUE-GRAY  FOG... SOMETHING  IS ¨,-^$$§@##
#@§$$^-,¨¨ BURNING  WITH   A  DEEP  CRIMSON  FLAME, ¨¨,-^$$§@#
##@§$$^-,¨       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       ¨,-^$$§@##
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