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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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.¨,=†§$£## landscape, searching for a way back, ##£$§†=,¨.
,.=^*£¤### finding instead only stone and dirt and ###¤£*^=.,
¨,,=*%¤£@# roots that are as hard as the ground. #@£¤%*=,,¨
.,~^*@£### it's getting dark, they are thirsty, ###£@*^~,.
¨.^-=%@#@# and about to find the wolf pool. #@#@%=-^.¨
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,~~*=§£### impact crater, sixty meters across. ###£§=*~~,
,.,~\%@¤## it's surface is pitch black and even ##¤@%\~,.,
.^~=§%&### though it's not well protected, it is ###&%§=~^.
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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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,^»\%%§### 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¨ #@£*%\=.,,
¨:~=*§&### ¨.~dark~wolves=,climbing,out~of,-,- ###&§*=~:¨
..-=/^@¤## »«-the~pool,-surrounding*them\-;^† ##¤@^/=-..
.^~=%*#### \sudden:thoughts/of««:climbing/^* ####*%=~^.
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,:«:%§¤@## now the reach of the pool has widened. ##@¤§%:«:,
.¨~=^*$&## now its wolves see further. ##&$*^=~¨.
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