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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.      ###&%$/»:,
¨^~*§£&@##    ,,»DARK»WOLVES-¨CLIMBING-OUT,OF^^-«   ##@&£§*~^¨
¨.,.«^@#££    «-»THE=POOL,~SURROUNDING*THEM=-†/\    ££#@^«.,.¨
..=~«~^£¤#     ;SUDDEN*THOUGHTS\OF~-†CLIMBING††%    #¤£^~«~=..
¨,===$§£##   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/~   #@@#£*†»^,
.:»\^%££##   ~«BEING - STOLEN »~ FROM ~«~ THEM. ,   ##££%^\»:.
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.,^,,~%§#@  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  @#§%~,,^,.
¨.¨,.¨^=§¤       NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.        ¤§=^¨.,¨.¨
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