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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, #,##,#,#,#
,##,#,##,# = 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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¨.&,¤.,#.§ IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS. #,#@¨¤,&.#
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¨¨#,@,.¤¨£ THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS ¤¨&@.§.@¨@
.#§¨#.¤£.# UNDISTURBED BY WIND. #,.£.&.&¨§
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.&¤¨#,#@¨& ,#¨ &,¨#¨@¨@,§
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,,§¨§.,£¨# EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER, &,¤£¨&¨£.@
.£&,#,@§,# 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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¨#§¨§¨¤@,£ ¤,¨£.§¨¤,§
,,¤¨&,,¤¨# HE TRIES TO RESIST AT FIRST, BUT IS TOO §¨#@,&,@.#
,§¤¨¤.¤£,& CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE #¨.¤¨&¨@¨#
,.&.&,.£¨@ LIQUID FLOWS INTO HIS MIND. THE OTHERS, £,¤£¨£,&,&
¨§&,&¨&§¨¤ = NOT UNDERSTANDING THE»DANGER, MOVE £¨,£.#,@¨#
..#.£.,¤.§ CLOSER TO HELP THEIR,FRIEND. ¤,££¨§,¤.§
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,.&¨@,.#.£ AND¨THEN¨THE¨POOL.ANNOUNCES.ITSELF #.#§,£¨£,&
¨@&¨¤¨@@¨# TO,THEM¨-.SUDDEN,-.THOUGHTS.OF. §¨¨£.#.#¨&
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,§&¨@,£§.@ INTO*THE:POOL,$THEIR§THIRST=FLARING% &¨¨£.§,&.@
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.¨#¨£,.&¨& AND, ¤.##¨&,#.£
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