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,@,@,@,@,@ / THE WOLF POOL EXISTS / @,@,@,@,@@
,@,@,@,@,@ / IN A STALE TIMELINE, / @,@,@,@,,@
,@,@,@,@,@ / BRANCHED WAY BACK / @,@,@,@,@@
,@,@,@,@,@ / WHEN KIRUGU VARGIR / @,@,@,@,,@
,@,@,@,@,@ / WAS ALMOST BARREN, / @,@,@,@,@@
,@,@,@,@,@ COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL, @,@,@,@,,@
,@,@,@,@,@ AND PLANTS WERE ONLY STARTING TO GROW, @,@,@,@,@@
,@,@,@,@,@ / AT ALL... / @,@,@,@,,@
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,£,§.&,§,§ FINDING INSTEAD ONLY STONE AND DIRT AND &.#,@¨&.¤¤
.£¨&.¤,#,@ ROOTS THAT ARE AS HARD AS THE GROUND. ¤.#,&,£,,&
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,£¨§,§.@.& AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL. £.#,#.§,.@
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.#,§,&,£.§ THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS @.#.¤¨§.£¤
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.£.@.¤,§¨# ITS SURFACE. ONE OF THEM CROUCHES TO ¤.@¨§,@,&&
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,£.@,@,#,§ CLOSER TO HELP THEIR¨FRIEND. &,&,£.£.@¤
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