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,^«:%*@¶## CRYSTAL  WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ##¶@*%:«^,
,^«:%*@¶##  THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY   ##¶@*%:«^,
,^«:%*@¶## 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, ##¶@*%:«^,
,^«:%*@@@@      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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,,,,,«:*@@ BURNING   WITH  A  DEEP  CRIMSON  FLAME, @@*:«,,,,,
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