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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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¨£¨£#..,£# 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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&@£.,¨,¨.£ §§%BRIGHT*-*£A%SUDDEN*%AWARENESS# ¨&¨¨¨.,¨,¨
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,@§¨,§¨.,, NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ,¨&.#¤...¤
,#¤#,.#¨., NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. ¤¨..&&§,¨,
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