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##¨¨#¨##¨# CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS...  WE TRUDGE ALONG ¨#¨¨#¨###¨
#¨#¨###¨##   THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY  ¨##¨###¨¨#
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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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##¨¨#¨##¨# WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK  AUTUMN DAWN, ####¨#¨#¨#
¨¨#¨###¨## IN  THE  BLUE-GRAY  FOG...  SOMETHING IS ¨¨¨¨######
#¨###¨¨##¨ BURNING  WITH   A  DEEP  CRIMSON  FLAME, ¨¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨
###¨¨#¨#¨#       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       #¨¨¨##¨¨¨¨
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