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¨&¨&&&&&&¨ \ 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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.@,¤,#§§., 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$THIRST%FLARING^ ¨,@,¤§§¨¤¨
&,§.@§&¤@@ %§^BRIGHT=-†&A£SUDDEN$£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†= ,#¨,£§¨#,&
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@§,¨¨,&¨¨¨ AND, ¨..§@,.§¨&
,@,¨.&£.,# ¨.@,@.&&&,
¤#,¨&¨§¨#. NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ¨&§@&#,.§.
¨&,£¤¤#£¤¨ NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. §..¨,§,§#&
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