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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     ¨,«;§&####
###&£§;«,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨,,;£##
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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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&&&&£§;«,¨ weeks  earlier, in the weak autumn dawn, ¨,«;§£&&&&
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####£§;«,¨ burning  with  a   deep  crimson  flame, ¨,«;§£####
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