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*~^.......         ^^. oasis truck stop .^^         .......^~*
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###¤**~^.. in  the desert, on  the  seven  seas  of ..^~**¤###
####¤**~^. sand, between earth and kirugu,  there's .^~**¤####
###¤**~^..              a truck stop.               ..^~**¤###
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#¤**~^.... flowers and  fanes. the colours of those ....^~**¤#
¤**~^..... who  live  there,  the  color  of  human .....^~**¤
**~^......    activity, more vibrant than average   ......^~**
*~^.......         desert, more interesting         .......^~*
~^........             than raw entropy             ........^~
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..........    clangy pot music, rattling guitar,    ..........
..........     hoarse song, dried flower maracas    ..........
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.......... the only  piece of infrastructure for an ..........
..........         area larger than a dream,        ..........
^......... towers and tubes to refuel your vehicle, .........^
~^........            be it car or horse            ........^~
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