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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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¤,¨§¨&.¤,§ 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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&¨§£.£.§.# 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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¤¨.#.@,&,& 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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£.#£¨£.&,& NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. §¨£§¨&¨£¤¨
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