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#,#,#,##,# ; 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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£,¤.£.&&,# 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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§.@,£¨,&,& IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS. ¤¨¤¨¤¨£¨§.
&¨&,¤,&¤¨¤ IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN ¤,@¨#¨#,&.
@¨¤.@.,&,¤ THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS £¨£.&¨&,§.
@¨¤.&,§#¨# UNDISTURBED BY WIND. #.&¨@.#,§,
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&.§.@..§¨§ EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER, @.#.#,£,#,
§,#,¤¨¤£.§ WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY ALL DESIRE ¤.@,£.#¨#¨
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#,§,£,££,# 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 §,#¨§¨¤,#,
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&,#,&,,#.£ CLOSER TO HELP THEIR.FRIEND. &,§.#¨¤,§¨
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