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¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ * in a stale timeline, * ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ * branched way back * ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ * when kirugu vargir * ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ * was almost barren, * ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ and plants were only starting to grow, §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ * at all... * ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
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,.§#£..§¨¨ landscape, searching for a way back, ¤£@.,@.,,,
,.@,££¨.&¨ finding instead only stone and dirt and &,¤@,.#,¨.
,¨..&@&,¨@ roots that are as hard as the ground. .¨£££.,@¨,
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§§.,@¨,.,, impact crater, sixty meters across. ¨,,,.£..¤¨
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..,,&¨¨,#@ which is something they all desire #,,¨#¨¨£..
,¨,.¨#,,#, greatly at this point. they fail to ¨¤.,,¤..#.
,,.¨¨.£.¨¨ notice that the stars do not reflect on ,¨£.¨,&¨.@
¤.¨¨,.,#,¨ its surface. one of them crouches to ..¨£..¨¤¨¨
.§,¨,,¨¨¤, drink, forms a cup with his hands, £,.,#,¨¨§.
,¨£,¨,.¨,# lowers the cup into the pool. ,@¨,.&.,,¤
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,.£,,&¨,.¨ close, and he quickly gives up as the @.,,&¨.,¤.
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§,.¨£¨,#,. ~ not understanding the«danger, move ,.£¨,.¤¨,¨
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..,.¨#¨..@ now its wolves see further. ¨¨&&@¨¨£¨.
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