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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 ¨¨¤@&¨..¨,
.¨#,,,.&&@ ROOTS THAT ARE AS HARD AS THE GROUND. .,#¨@£,¨,,
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#¨££¨.¨,¨. IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN .¤.¨..£¨¨¨
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.¨,&¨¨.,¤@ EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER, ¨§,@§¨.¨£.
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¨¤,.¨.&¨,¨ NOTICE THAT THE STARS DO NOT REFLECT ON ¤@.,.¤&¤,¨
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.¨¨§.¨,.@, DRINK, FORMS A CUP WITH HIS HANDS, £.@£..¨@#§
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¨#@#,,,&,, CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE #£.¨&¨££¨.
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