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###@¤$^=.¨ CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE  TRUDGE ALONG ¨.=^$¤@###
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@@¤¤$†^=.¨ SNOWED  OVER,  IN THE STILL  HOURS SINCE ¨.=^†$¤¤@@
##@¤$†^=.¨          THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN.          ¨.=^†$¤@##
##@¤$†^=.¨                                          ¨.=^†$¤@##
###@$†^=.¨     BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING     ¨.=^†$@###
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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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##@¤$†^=.¨                                          ¨.=^†$¤@##