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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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¤¨#.§,&,£¨ AND,THEN,THE¨POOL.ANNOUNCES¨ITSELF ¨#..§,@,¤¨
@.#,#.&.#¨ TO.THEM,-¨SUDDEN¨,¨THOUGHTS¨OF, ¨£,&@,¤¨¤,
§¨@,¤¨¤¨¤¨ ¨.«DARK~WOLVES~.CLIMBING,OUT,OF,^,~ .&,.¤,¤¨#¨
#¨@¨¤¨&.£. ~~-THE~POOL,=SURROUNDING*THEM=-†\\ ¨@¨¤£,@.&¨
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