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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, £§*~..,.¨¨
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,:~;^£¤###    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%   %=«~,,¨.,.
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¨¨,¨,¨.,-~  #@OF%£EXACTLY@¶HOW&THEY§HAD§TRAVELED,$# ~-,.¨,¨,¨¨
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,¨,.¨¨¨.,~   #¶WHERE#THEY#CAME,##@#@##AND@THEN@###  ~,.¨¨¨.,¨,
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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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