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##@^:~-,,, CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ,,,-~:^@##
#@^:~-,,,, THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY ,,,,-~:^@#
@^:~-,,,,, SNOWED OVER, IN THE STILL HOURS SINCE ,,,,,-~:^@
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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 ,,-~:^@##@
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#@^:~-,,,, WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ,,,,-~:^@#
@^:~-,,,,, IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS ,,,,,-~:^@
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