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,,,,,,,,,, : BRANCHED WAY BACK : ,@@,,@,,@,
,,,,,,,,,, : WHEN KIRUGU VARGIR : ,@@@,,@,,@
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,@,,,,,,,, COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL, ,,,@@@,,@,
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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. §¨¨£¨,&,,.
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,,.¤§§.,&, 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 ,¨¨.¨.&,¤£
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¨¨§§#¨¨#,, AS THEY STUMBLE ON THE POOL, THE §.,#¨..,¨,
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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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.¨@.¨.,,¨. HE TRIES TO RESIST AT FIRST, BUT IS TOO @#&.¨¨.¤#¤
&.¨£¨.,¨.¨ CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE ¤¨#£¨,.@.§
¤£,¨&¨¨.,, LIQUID FLOWS INTO HIS MIND. THE OTHERS, .,£&#,¨¨,&
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