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,,,,¤,,,¤, † BRANCHED WAY BACK † ,¤,,,¤,¤¤,
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,¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤, COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL, ¤¤¤¤,¤,,¤,
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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. .¤,£¨,...,
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.@.,.,&¨&. ..~DARK~WOLVES=.CLIMBING.OUT.OF,.,~ ¨@.#,¨¨,&,
§£¨.¨§&¤£¤ «-»THE~POOL,«SURROUNDING†THEM^-:=\ £#¨.¨£@.
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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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