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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,     ¤,&.§¨#,@.
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¤,@.¤,#¨£.    =»~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@###   #¨¤.@¨#¨£.
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#.£.§.@¨£.   ~-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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