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¤,¤¤,,¤,¤¤ COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL, ,,¤,¤,¤,¤,
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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, ,£¤.£¨@.&.
&¨§§..@.&@ AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL. ¨.£¨#¨&,£,
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£¨,¤,&#¨,§ IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS. .&¤.£,#.#.
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#,.§¨#&¨¨§ THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS .&@¨§¨§,&,
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§¨.¤¨§¤.¨§ GREATLY AT THIS POINT. THEY FAIL TO ¨£@¨&.£¨¤.
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£.,#,§§,,§ ITS SURFACE. ONE OF THEM CROUCHES TO .£@.&,£,§,
#¨@@,,§.@§ DRINK, FORMS A CUP WITH HIS HANDS, .¨&.¤,¤¨#,
&¨.§,@@¨.£ LOWERS THE CUP INTO THE POOL. ¨¤£¨&¨@¨§,
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#,.&¨¤&,¨£ HE TRIES TO RESIST AT FIRST, BUT IS TOO .&¤.@,#,#.
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£..¤¨£#.¨# LIQUID FLOWS INTO HIS MIND. THE OTHERS, .£§,#¨§.@,
§.&£.,#¨§£ - NOT UNDERSTANDING THE«DANGER, MOVE ,,&¨§¨@.£¨
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