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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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###@&$§†=^      MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW...      ^=†§$&@###
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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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#@@&$§†=^¨ IN  THE BLUE-GRAY  FOG...  SOMETHING  IS ¨^=†§$&@@#
@$§††^¨¨¨¨ BURNING  WITH  A   DEEP  CRIMSON  FLAME, ¨¨¨¨^††§$@
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