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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,  @§;-......
.^-;$§&@##  AND PLANTS WERE ONLY STARTING TO GROW,  ##@&§$;-^.
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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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..~:†£$&£@    IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS.   @£&$£†:~..
:»^†$#####   IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN   #####$†^»:
,.«:†@§§&#   THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS  #&§§@†:«.,
¨^=†*%#¶##           UNDISTURBED BY WIND.           ##¶#%*†=^¨
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.,~\=:†*@£  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, ¤@**:.,,,.
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,,»;*@§###       CLOSER TO HELP THEIR,FRIEND.       ###§@*;»,,
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.,,:,:††&@    AND¨THEN,THE,POOL,ANNOUNCES,ITSELF    @&††:,:,,.
,,=*%§@@##      TO¨THEM.-.SUDDEN.,¨THOUGHTS¨OF¨     ##@@§%*=,,
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,,=\^$@@##   INTO=THE:POOL,%THEIR%THIRST=FLARING=   ##@@$^\=,,
,,..^»«*@£    ^§*BRIGHT%-%*A£SUDDEN§¤AWARENESS#     £@*«»^..,,
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.,¨^:*:&£¶   #&OF@THE£WAY#HOME¶@TO£THE@TIME#FROM£#  ¶£&:*:^¨,.
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¨¨¨.\=^=@#  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  #@=^=\.¨¨¨
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