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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 ¤,£¨.#¨&¨#
,#¨§,£¨§.£ TO¨THEM,-.SUDDEN,~¨THOUGHTS.OF. §.¤,§&.§.&
.¤,#.¤,&.¤ ,^~DARK~WOLVES~¨CLIMBING,OUT.OF~^,« ¤.&¨¨£.£,#
,§¨§¨@.¤,§ =-»THE~POOL,»SURROUNDING;THEM;-*\\ £,#¨&¤¨#,£
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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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