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@@,@@,@,@, the train tracks... themselves slowly ,@@,@@@@@,
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@,@,@@,,@, ground. rifles attached to our wrist, ,@@,,@,@@@
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@@,@,,@,,, 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, ,@,@@@,@@,
,,@,@@@,@, untameable by water or wind. @@@@,,@@,@
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