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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.       #&£§*~,¨,.
,,-=†%$&@#       .      -    -            . ¨       #@&$%†=-,,
,.~\%$£¶##    AND,THEN.THE¨POOL,ANNOUNCES.ITSELF    ##¶£$%\~.,
,.~«=%*#@#      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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.¨,^-/^@§@                   AND,                   @§@^/-^,¨.
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¨:-=§@#@##  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  ##@#@§=-:¨
¨,.«††¤§@@        NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.       @@§¤††«.,¨
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