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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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#&.,#¤§¨@¨ FINDING INSTEAD ONLY STONE AND DIRT AND ¤&#,@,&&&,
¨¤,@¨.@&¤, ROOTS THAT ARE AS HARD AS THE GROUND. .,§@§£.¨#&
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#&.¨.,..&§ EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER, ¨#,.@¤#,&&
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@¤,.¨¨&#&¨ GREATLY AT THIS POINT. THEY FAIL TO ,¤@#,&¨&,¨
.@.,.@¨,&. NOTICE THAT THE STARS DO NOT REFLECT ON §.¨§#£##¨¤
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