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,@@,,,@@@, / 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, @,,@,,,,@,
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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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.,¤,¨.¨@,. 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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##@.¨.¨,,, 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, .,#¨§§¨,¨.
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¨,¨.¨,,,## CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE @...,¨¤,£#
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