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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.   ##@¤¤^=«.,
,,-/$@%@£@   IT'S GETTING DARK, THEY ARE THIRSTY,   @£@%@$/-,,
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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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,^~†§*¤#@#  NOTICE THAT THE STARS DO NOT REFLECT ON #@#¤*§†~^,
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