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/«-....... MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... .......-«/
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$†/«-..... IN THE BLUE-GRAY FOG... SOMETHING IS .....-«/†$
†/«-...... BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ......-«/†
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