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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.          #§*%†~,,,,
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,,~†%*§### 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?)                 #§*%†~,,,,
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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 #§*%†~,,,,
,,,,,~†%*§      ground. they are the original       §*%†~,,,,,
,,,,,,~†%*         collectors of the honey.         *%†~,,,,,,
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,,,~†%*§##                  desert                  ##§*%†~,,,
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,,,,,~†%*§                   town                   §*%†~,,,,,
,,,,,,~†%* , , , , , , , ,   *# , , , , , , , , , , *%†~,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~,,,,,,,,,
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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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