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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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,..¨.=%†£¤ 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. ##¶¤¤%:-:.
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,~~/*%#@@# 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. #@§£:-,,,¨
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,,«/$%¤##@ AS THEY STUMBLE ON THE POOL, THE @##¤%$/«,,
¨,=:$&#@## EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER, ##@#&$:=,¨
.-=†*§¤#@# 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, #@#¤%^†~,.
,~-†%$&### ~ NOT UNDERSTANDING THE»DANGER, MOVE ###&$%†-~,
¨:=†$$§¶## CLOSER TO HELP THEIR,FRIEND. ##¶§$$†=:¨
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,,=^^¤§£## AND,THEN.THE¨POOL,ANNOUNCES.ITSELF ##£§¤^^=,,
¨,,¨-;¤£$¶ TO¨THEM.-.SUDDEN¨^.THOUGHTS,OF. ¶$£¤;-¨,,¨
.,..:=:*$& ¨:=DARK«WOLVES«.CLIMBING~OUT,OF-,,~ &$*:=:..,.
,:«*§$§¤¤@ ~~«THE~POOL,«SURROUNDING;THEM\-*†; @¤¤§$§*«:,
¨.=:$¤&### *SUDDEN\THOUGHTS;OF»»\CLIMBING^=% ###&¤$:=.¨
¨.¨,--†%$@ INTO†THE\POOL,*THEIR§THIRST^FLARING* @$%†--,¨.¨
.¨¨.¨,~~%¤ **%BRIGHT%-^$A¤SUDDEN@$AWARENESS# ¤%~~,¨.¨¨.
,¨,.-*†$## #£OF£#EXACTLY&@HOW¤THEY@HAD@TRAVELED,$# ##$†*-.,¨,
.-«;*§£¶## #&OF#THE#WAY#HOME@@TO@THE#TIME#FROM#£ ##¶£§*;«-.
.,-;*%¤@&# #¶WHERE#THEY#CAME,#@###@#AND@THEN###@ #&@¤%*;-,.
,¨,.,,=¤¤@ #####THE#FEELING#OF#THIS§KNOWLEDGE\« @¤¤=,,.,¨,
,-~~†%@&&@ ««BEING « STOLEN =~ FROM -~~ THEM. ¨ @&&@%†~~-,
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,^~;*$£@## ##@£$*;~^,
,,»†%£#@@& NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. &@@#£%†»,,
.~-^†%¤@## NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. ##@¤%†^-~.
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