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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. ,,¨.,,.¨,-
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;~-¨,¨,,,, AND¨THEN,THE.POOL.ANNOUNCES¨ITSELF ,,,,¨,¨-~;
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,,.,,¨.,,. .,,.¨,,.,,
¨¨,,¨,.¨.. NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ..¨.,¨,,¨¨
,,,,.¨.,.. NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. ..,.¨.,,,,
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