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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.  @£==»«~¨¨.
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,,~\%%&#@#     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    £^»-.,¨...
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.¨,¨,\^$&£    DRINK, FORMS A CUP WITH HIS HANDS,    £&$^\,¨,¨.
,~~/£&@###       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¨      ##@¤%=*~^.
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.-«/*@@@##  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  ##@@@*/«-.
.¨,-^%%@@#       NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.        #@@%%^-,¨.
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