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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 ,,,,,,-~=*
=~-,,,,,,, ground. rifles attached to our wrist, ,,,,,,,-~=
~-,,,,,,,, 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, ,,-~=**¤@#
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#@¤**=~-,, burning with a deep crimson flame, ,,-~=**¤@#
@¤**=~-,,, untameable by water or wind. ,,,-~=**¤@
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