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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... \ ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~\ # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # \~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
.,¨..,:-=* *=-:,..¨,.
¨,.,,~-*=§ MISPLACED EXPLORERS TRAVERSE THE §=*-~,,.,¨
¨,¨.,~^§$§ LANDSCAPE, SEARCHING FOR A WAY BACK, §$§^~,.¨,¨
..,,«^†£§¶ 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. ##@£%\~-,,
¨.,^~\*£#¶ ¶#£*\~^,.¨
,¨¨,.=/†%# .#, #%†/=.,¨¨,
.,¨.,-~/†¤ ¤†/~-,.¨,.
¨¨,...-»=† THE POOL LIES IN A SMALL METEORITE †=»-...,¨¨
,¨,,,.,:-† IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS. †-:,.,,,¨,
¨.,¨.,¨.:- IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN -:.¨,.¨,.¨
¨.¨¨¨,..¨, THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS ,¨..,¨¨¨.¨
¨...¨.,¨.¨ UNDISTURBED BY WIND. ¨.¨,.¨...¨
..¨¨,,¨,.¨ ¨.,¨,,¨¨..
,,.¨¨.,,,, .#, ,,,,.¨¨.,,
¨...,.,¨¨^ ^¨¨,.,...¨
,¨..,.¨,.» AS THEY STUMBLE ON THE POOL, THE ».,¨.,..¨,
,,¨,¨.¨^-† 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, #@#*$:»^¨¨
,.~^=*@@## LOWERS THE CUP INTO THE POOL. ##@@*=^~.,
¨¨-=;*$#@@ @@#$*;=-¨¨
¨...~:*§£@ HE TRIES TO RESIST AT FIRST, BUT IS TOO @£§*:~...¨
,,¨,,»=$&& CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE &&$=»,,¨,,
.,¨¨¨-=/†% LIQUID FLOWS INTO HIS MIND. THE OTHERS, %†/=-¨¨¨,.
¨¨¨.¨.,~\† = NOT UNDERSTANDING THE«DANGER, MOVE †\~,.¨.¨¨¨
..¨,.,¨~-\ CLOSER TO HELP THEIR¨FRIEND. \-~¨,.,¨..
¨,,.¨,¨..« ¨ » ~ , . «..¨,¨.,,¨
¨,,,.,¨,., AND,THEN,THE,POOL,ANNOUNCES,ITSELF ,.,¨,.,,,¨
,.¨,..¨,., TO.THEM¨-,SUDDEN...THOUGHTS,OF¨ ,.,¨..,¨.,
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¨.,¨,¨.¨¨, ~«-THE-POOL,~SURROUNDING/THEM/-/=/ ,¨¨.¨,¨,.¨
,¨.,¨¨..¨: =SUDDEN†THOUGHTS^OF»~^CLIMBING*%§ :¨..¨¨,.¨,
.,...,¨,^= INTO=THE=POOL,*THEIR†THIRST^FLARING† =^,¨,...,.
,,¨,¨,¨.-: ^%^BRIGHT†-†£A*SUDDEN£&AWARENESS# :-.¨,¨,¨,,
....,,-~;$ #$OF@£EXACTLY&@HOW£THEY§HAD#TRAVELED,@# $;~-,,....
¨.¨,,:~†=% #¤OF@THE£WAY@HOME@£TO@THE@TIME@FROM#¶ %=†~:,,¨.¨
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¨,..¨¨¨.«: AND, :«.¨¨¨..,¨
¨,,...¨.-~ ~-.¨...,,¨
¨.,,,,...: NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. :...,,,,.¨
,¨.¨.,,.., NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. ,..,,.¨.¨,
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,¨.,..¨,¨¨ ¨¨,¨..,.¨,
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