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¤,¤,¤,¤,¤, : in a stale timeline, : ,,¤,¤,¤,¤,
¤,¤,¤,¤,¤, : branched way back : ,¤¤,¤,¤,¤,
¤,¤,¤,¤,¤, : when kirugu vargir : ,,¤,¤,¤,¤,
¤,¤,¤,¤,¤, : was almost barren, : ,¤¤,¤,¤,¤,
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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. .&£¨¤,@¨£.
£¨@.&,#¨£, ¨¨@.#,£.&,
§¨@¨@¨&.§, 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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§¨&.§¨£.&¨ and,then,the¨pool.announces¨itself .&¤.§.£.¤,
&,@¨£,#¨¤¨ to.them.-.sudden¨,,thoughts,of, ¨,£,§.¤,£¨
@.&¨#.@,§¨ .,«dark«wolves-,climbing,out:of~.:~ .&§¨&.@.#.
£,#,¤.§¨&. =~»the~pool,«surrounding†them:-\^* .,£,@¨#,&.
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&,§¨¤.§¨@. into*the\pool,*their=thirst%flaring^ .,@,#.@,#.
#,#.£,@,¤¨ %%§bright*-$%a§sudden%&awareness# ¨¤&.#.@¨§,
#,¤.£.#¨&, #%of§¤exactly@@how§they¤had&traveled,£# ¨.&,§.£.#¨
§.@,§¨#,&. ##of@the¶way@home@#to¶the@time#from## .§¤.£¨#,&.
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#.&.§.#.#. now the reach of the pool has widened. .&&¨¤,§,&,
£.#¨#¨&.#, now its wolves see further. ¨¨@.§,£.¤¨
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