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§§§¨¨¨§§§¨ : IN A STALE TIMELINE, : ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨§§ : BRANCHED WAY BACK : ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨ : WAS ALMOST BARREN, : ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL, ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ AND PLANTS WERE ONLY STARTING TO GROW, ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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.§¤§,,,¨.. LANDSCAPE, SEARCHING FOR A WAY BACK, ¨,.¤.,,.¨,
,§.@¤.¨¨¨¨ FINDING INSTEAD ONLY STONE AND DIRT AND #,,,¤.,,,,
.¨¨&#¤¨.,. ROOTS THAT ARE AS HARD AS THE GROUND. ¨@.¨.¤,,..
.¨.#,&£.¨¨ IT'S GETTING DARK, THEY ARE THIRSTY, ,,§.¨.@¨¨,
¨....¤@@.. AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL. §.¨£¨.,@¨,
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¨.,#¨.,,,. IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN ¨.,§.¤&.,§
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,§¨&@¨.#¨¨ WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY ALL DESIRE .#,¨¨&¨,¨.
.¨¨&@§,.@, GREATLY AT THIS POINT. THEY FAIL TO ,,&,..&..¨
,.¨¤.¤£.¨§ NOTICE THAT THE STARS DO NOT REFLECT ON ,,.¤¨..&,,
,...,§@£.¨ ITS SURFACE. ONE OF THEM CROUCHES TO .¨.,&¨¨.§.
.,.,,¤,¤@. DRINK, FORMS A CUP WITH HIS HANDS, .¨¨,¨#,¨,¤
@,,¨..,&@§ LOWERS THE CUP INTO THE POOL. ..,,..£,,.
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.,.¤,,,,¨§ CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE ,,£..,¨¨.#
&¨.¨¤.,¨.¨ LIQUID FLOWS INTO HIS MIND. THE OTHERS, ,¨¨@,,..¨.
,#,¨¨§¨..¨ « NOT UNDERSTANDING THE=DANGER, MOVE ,.,,#,¨,.¨
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