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,,,,,=\$@& we might find ourselves in the land of &@$\=,,,,,
,,,,,,=\$@ kirugu vargir. the borders are not @$\=,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=\$ known! it spans until it doesnt, $\=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=\ roughly. people know where they are, or \=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=\$ they have a hunch. below is the map. it $\=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=\$@ is somewhat zoomed in. @$\=,,,,,,
,,,,,=\$@& &@$\=,,,,,
,,,,=\$@&¶ kirugu vargir has one town, a big ¶&@$\=,,,,
,,,=\$@&¶# settlement or aggregation of peoples #¶&@$\=,,,
,,=\$@&¶## and buildings. it's also called kirugu ##¶&@$\=,,
,,,=\$@&¶# vargir, located where the forest falls #¶&@$\=,,,
,,,,=\$@&¶ into the desert. in the heart of the ¶&@$\=,,,,
,,,,,=\$@& city stands the crypt where they keep &@$\=,,,,,
,,,,,,=\$@ veszelle, the comatose girl whose dream @$\=,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=\$ this is (she has been stolen from earth $\=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=\ by a pack of martens) \=,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,=\$@ there is a law but it is watered down @$\=,,,,,,
,,,,,=\$@& the further away you go (inverse &@$\=,,,,,
,,,,=\$@&¶ square?) ¶&@$\=,,,,
,,,=\$@&¶# #¶&@$\=,,,
,,=\$@&¶## the desert is not so full of life, but ##¶&@$\=,,
,,,=\$@&¶# it is there! a lizard-like people make #¶&@$\=,,,
,,,,=\$@&¶ their homes in the caverns below ¶&@$\=,,,,
,,,,,=\$@& ground. they are the original &@$\=,,,,,
,,,,,,=\$@ collectors of the honey. @$\=,,,,,,
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,,,=\$@&¶# desert #¶&@$\=,,,
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,,,,,,,=\$ town $\=,,,,,,,
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,,,=\$@&¶# $,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$, #¶&@$\=,,,
,,=\$@&¶## , , , , , , , great woods , , , , , , , ##¶&@$\=,,
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,,,,,,=\$@ in the forest are minor food producing @$\=,,,,,,
,,,,,=\$@& settlements, mines (battery &@$\=,,,,,
,,,,=\$@&¶ production), witches and other ¶&@$\=,,,,
,,,=\$@&¶# magicians, and lots of prey. kirugu has #¶&@$\=,,,
,,=\$@&¶## an overrepresentation of ferrets and ##¶&@$\=,,
,,,=\$@&¶# they are also made somewhere in here #¶&@$\=,,,
,,,,=\$@&¶ (ferretary?), down to the southwest. in ¶&@$\=,,,,
,,,,,=\$@& the southeast are some mountains and &@$\=,,,,,
,,,,,,=\$@ caves. @$\=,,,,,,
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