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##.##.#.#. 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 ..#.......
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#.#..####. the desert  is not so full of life,  but .#.###.###
.###.#...# it is  there! a lizard-like people  make ####..##..
.#..###..# their  homes   in   the   caverns  below #...#.#.#.
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###..#.##. magicians,  and lots of prey. kirugu has #..#..#..#
...#.###.#   an overrepresentation of ferrets and   ##.##.##.#
#..###..## they  are also  made  somewhere  in here #.##.##.##
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