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§¨¨§¨¨¨§§§ * THE WOLF POOL EXISTS * §¨§¨¨§§§§¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨§ * IN A STALE TIMELINE, * §§§¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨§¨§§¨§¨ * BRANCHED WAY BACK * ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§§§§¨§§§¨ * WHEN KIRUGU VARGIR * ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§
§¨¨¨§§¨¨§§ * WAS ALMOST BARREN, * §§¨§§§¨§§§
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨ COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL, ¨§§¨¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§§§§§¨§ AND PLANTS WERE ONLY STARTING TO GROW, §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
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.£¤.,£§£&@ FINDING INSTEAD ONLY STONE AND DIRT AND .,£@£@£.@@
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.,,££¨¨¤@¤ LOWERS THE CUP INTO THE POOL. ¨¨¨.¤&&#@¨
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§¨¨¨¨.@¤¨. CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE ¨¤,&.¨£¨£.
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