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@,&¨@¨@£&& landscape, searching for a way back, ¨¤@¨.£&..¨
£§&£§#¨,.. finding instead only stone and dirt and @¨£.¤¨#.¨@
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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. §#.§§&&#,¤
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,@,.¨#,,,. close, and he quickly gives up as the £@§..&&¤.§
¤@.¨##,,.¨ liquid flows into his mind. the others, ¨,@¨§..§§£
,&,#¨¤...¨ » not understanding the~danger, move ,&&§@¨§,¨.
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