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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.       ;»:,¨,..¨.
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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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¨..»/$¤§@#      TO¨THEM.-.SUDDEN¨,,THOUGHTS.OF¨     #@§¤$/»..¨
¨.,-=\*¤§£    ¨,-DARK«WOLVES=¨CLIMBING,OUT:OF.,.~   £§¤*\=-,.¨
...¨.~/$%@    «~-THE-POOL,»SURROUNDING;THEM/-=:*    @%$/~.¨...
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,,.,,.^=;=   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##@#   ^^»^.,,,.¨
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¨¨¨,.,-:*%                   AND,                   %*:-,.,¨¨¨
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.,,.,.¨.»=  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  =».¨.,.,,.
,¨,..,,¨~»       NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.        »~¨,,..,¨,
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