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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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¨.¨.^;%%&¶     MISPLACED EXPLORERS TRAVERSE THE     ¶&%%;^.¨.¨
,,,~//$§£#   LANDSCAPE, SEARCHING FOR A WAY BACK,   #£§$//~,,,
.^~\%%#### FINDING INSTEAD ONLY STONE AND DIRT AND  ####%%\~^.
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,.¨,¨¨^~†§     AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL.     §†~^¨¨,¨.,
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,¨,,¨¨»/£@    IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS.   @£/»¨¨,,¨,
.,»^%%¤#@#   IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN   #@#¤%%^»,.
,¨..~%$£##   THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS  ##£$%~..¨,
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,,«\%@§¤#@ EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER,  @#¤§@%\«,,
¨~~==%&###    WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY ALL DESIRE    ###&%==~~¨
.:«†$%£#@£   GREATLY AT THIS POINT. THEY FAIL TO    £@#£%$†«:.
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.,-^%@#£@#      LOWERS THE CUP INTO THE POOL.       #@£#@%^-,.
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.,«†*¤&@##  HE TRIES TO RESIST AT FIRST, BUT IS TOO ##@&¤*†«,.
.:-~†$^£@#   CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE  #@£^$†~-:.
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.-«\%$£###       CLOSER TO HELP THEIR,FRIEND.       ###£$%\«-.
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,¨..-,~*%&    AND.THEN¨THE.POOL.ANNOUNCES.ITSELF    &%*~,-..¨,
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¨¨-,^=^†§@   INTO=THE;POOL,*THEIR%THIRST%FLARING=   @§†^=^,-¨¨
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,.~\^@@###  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  ###@@^\~.,
,-=:$£&¶##        NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.       ##¶&£$:=-,
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