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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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$††=^,,.,, LANDSCAPE, SEARCHING FOR A WAY BACK, ,,.,,^=††$
¤%§:=,.,,¨ 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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~:,..¨¨.¨. THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS .¨.¨¨..,:~
,,.,¨.¨.¨, UNDISTURBED BY WIND. ,¨.¨.¨,.,,
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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, .¨¨¨¨.¨¨..
»:¨¨¨¨¨¨,¨ LOWERS THE CUP INTO THE POOL. ¨,¨¨¨¨¨¨:»
:=:,.,¨... ...¨,.,:=:
%;-.¨¨,,., HE TRIES TO RESIST AT FIRST, BUT IS TOO ,.,,¨¨.-;%
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@¤$*\=,..¨ ~ NOT UNDERSTANDING THE«DANGER, MOVE ¨..,=\*$¤@
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\»..¨,,... INTO*THE:POOL,$THEIR†THIRST$FLARING^ ...,,¨..»\
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