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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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##¨,&,¨§¨, 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. ,..#@£¨,£,
§¤¤¨¨.¨@., ,..¤,£@¨¨¨
#.#£.¨.¨¤¨ 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 ¤,#&,¨.&,§
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¤§.¨¨¤¨#§¨ INTO=THE*POOL,$THEIR%THIRST^FLARING† ¨¨..,...@,
§&#,,.,¤§£ †§*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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