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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. £,.,#,.,&£
§&,..,£¨.@ . ~ « , , ¤@.¨.¤¨.£,
¤§&.,,.@¨, 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§ ¤¨.,§,#@,¨
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#.&@¨,.¤¨, -=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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